No.  1912 


ORDNANCE 


PROPERTY  REGULATIONS 


1909 


WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE 

1910 


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(32915-557.)  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  ORDNANCE, 

Washington,  November  13,  1909. 
The  ADJUTANT  GENERAL, 

United  States  Army. 

SIR:  1.  I  have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith,  for  approval  by  the 
honorable  the  Secretary  of  War,  as  provided  for  in  section  1167, 
Revised  Statutes  of  the  United  States,  manuscript  compilation  of 
Ordnance  Property  Regulations. 

2.  These   regulations    are   intended   to   supersede    the   Ordnance 
Property  Regulations  of  1877,  which  have  become  obsolete. 
Respectfully, 

JNO.  T.  THOMPSON, 
Lieutenant  Colonel,  Ordnance  Department,  U.  S.  Army, 

Acting  Chief  of  Ordnance. 


[First  indorsement.] 

(1587761.)  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  November  16,  1909. 

Respectfully  returned  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  approved  by  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

HENRY  P.  McCAiN, 

Adjutant  General. 
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CONTENTS. 


Page. 

ARTICLE  I. — Laws  relating  to  ordnance  property 7 

II. — Custodians  of  ordnance  property 13 

III. — Classification  of  ordnance  property 16 

IV. — Care  and  preservation  of  ordnance  property 20 

V. — Requisitions  for  ordnance  property 26 

VI. — Transfers  of  ordnance  property 36 

VII . — Purchases  of  ordnance  property 45 

VIII. — Manufacture  of  ordnance  property 46 

IX. — Sales  of  ordnance  property 47 

X. — Accumulations,  recoveries,  etc.,  of  ordnance  property 48 

XI. — Expenditure  of  ordnance  property 50 

XII. — Loss,  damage,  or  destruction  of  ordnance  property 61 

XIII. — Nomenclature  for  ordnance  property 72 

XIV. — Accountability  for  ordnance  property 74 

XV. — Inventories  of  ordnance  property 98 

XVI.— Settlement  of  returns 103 

XVII. — Reports  on  ordnance  property 107 

Appendix  giving  list  of  forms  required  in  accounting  for  ordnance  property 109 

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ORDNANCE  PROPERTY  REGULATIONS. 


ARTICLE  I. 

LAWS. 


1.  The  Chief  of  Ordnance,  or  the  senior  officer  of  that  corps  for 
any  district,  shall  execute  all  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and,  in 
time  of  war,  the  orders  of  any  general  or  field  officer  commanding  an 
army,  garrison,  or  detachment,  for  the  supply  of  all  ordnance  and 
ordnance  stores  for  garrison,  field,  or  siege  service.     (Sec.  1166,  Rev. 
Stat.) 

2.  Hereafter  the  United  States  shall  furnish  mounts  and  horse 
equipments  for  all  officers  of  the  Army  below  the  grade  of  major 
required  to  be  mounted.     (Act  of  May  11,  1908.) 

3.  Upon  the  request  of  the  head  of  any  department,  the  Secretary 
of  War  is  authorized  and  directed  to  issue  arms  and  ammunition 
whenever  they  may  be  required  for  the  protection  of  the  public  money 
and  property,  and  they  may  be  delivered  to  any  officer  of  the  depart- 
ment designated  by  the  head  of  such  department,  to  be  accounted 
for  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  to  be  returned  when  the  necessity 
for  their  use  has  expired.     Arms  and  ammunition  heretofore  furnished 
to  any  department  by  the  War  Department,  for  which  the  War  De- 
partment has  not  been  reimbursed,  may  be  receipted  for  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act.     (Act  of  Mar.  3,  1879.} 

4.  The  War  Department  may  furnish  the  District  Commissioners 
for  the  use  of  the  police,  upon  requisition,  such  unserviceable  horse 
equipments  as  may  be  required.     (Act  of  May  26,  1908.) 

5.  The  purchase  or  manufacture  of  arms,  ordnance  stores,  quarter- 
master stores,  and  camp  equipage  for  the  militia  under  the  provisions 
of  this  act  shall  be  made  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
and  they  shall  be  receipted  for  and  shall  remain  the  property  of  the 
United  States,  and  be  annually  accounted  for  by  the  governors  of  the 
States  and  Territories  and  by  the  commanding  general  of  the  National 
Guard  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  for  which  purpose  the  Secretary 
of  War  shall  prescribe  and  supply  the  necessary  blanks  and  make 
such  regulations  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  protect  the  interests 
of  the  United  States.     (Sec.  1661,  Rev.  Stat.,  as  amended  ly  act  of 
June  22,  1906,  sec.  3.) 

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6.  The  Secretary  of  War  is  authorized  to  procure,  by  purchase  or 
manufacture,  and  issue  from  time  to  time  to  the  organized  militia, 
under  such  regulations  as  he  may  prescribe,  such  number  of  the  United 
States  service  arms,  together  with  all  accessories  and  such  other 
accoutrements,  equipments,  uniforms,  clothing,  equipage,  and  mili- 
tary stores  of  all  kinds  required  for  the  Army  of  the  United  States,  as 
are  necessary  to  arm,  uniform,  and  equip  all  of  the  organized  militia 
in  the  several  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia:  Pro- 
vided said  property  shall  remain  the  property  of  the  United  States, 
except  as  hereinafter  provided,  and  be  annually  accounted  for  by  the 
governors  of  the  States  and  Territories  as  required  by  law.     (Sec.  13 
of  the  act  of  May  27,  1908.) 

7.  When  any  property  furnished  to  any  State  or  Territory,  or  the 
District  of  Columbia,  has  been  lost  or  destroyed,  or  has  become  un- 
serviceable or  unsuitable  from  use  in  service,  or  from  any  other  cause, 
it  shall  be  examined  by  a  disinterested  surveying  officer  of  the  organ- 
ized militia,  to  be  appointed  by  the  governor  of  the  State  or  Territory, 
or  the  commanding  general  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  District  of 
Columbia,  to  whom  the  property  has  been  issued,  and  his  report  shall 
be  forwarded  by  said  governor  or  commanding  general  direct  to  the 
Secretary  of  War,  and  if  it  shall  appear  to  the  Secretary  of  War  from 
the  record  of  survey  that  the  property  has  been  lost  or  destroyed 
through  unavoidable  causes,  he  is  authorized  to  relieve  the  State 
from  further  accountability  therefor.     If  it  shall  appear  that  the  loss 
or  destruction  of  property  was  due  to  carelessness  or  neglect  or  that 
its  loss  could  have  been  avoided  by  the  exercise  of  reasonable  care, 
the  money  value  thereof  shall  be  charged  against  the  allotment  to 
the  State  under  section  1661  of  the  Revised  Statutes  as  amended. 
If  the  articles  so  surveyed  are  found  to  be  unserviceable  or  unsuitable, 
the  Secretary  of  War  shall  direct  what  disposition,  by  sale  or  other- 
wise, shall  be  made  of   them,  except  unserviceable  clothing  which 
shall  be  destroyed,  and   if  sold  the  proceeds  of  such  sale  shall  be 
covered  into  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States.     (Sec.  1661,  Rev. 
Stat.,  as  amended  by  act  of  June  22,  1906,  sec.  4.) 

8.  The  uniforms,  arms,  and  equipments  of  the  national  guard  shall 
be  the  same  as  prescribed  and  furnished  to  the  army  of  the  United 
States.     Every  organization  of  the  national  guard  shall  be  provided 
with  such  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  clothing,  camp  and  garrison 
equipage,  quartermaster's  stores,  medical  supplies,  and  other  military 
stores,  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  proper  training  and  instruction  of 
the  force  and  for  the  proper  performance  of  the  duties  required  under 
this  act.     Such  property  shall  be  issued  from  the  stores  and  supplies 
appropriated  for  the  use  of  the  army,  upon  the  approval  and  by  the 
direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  the  commanding  general,  upon 


his  requisition  for  the  same.  The  property  so  issued  shall  remain  and 
continue  to  be  the  property  of  the  United  States,  and  shall  be  ac- 
counted for  by  the  commanding  general  at  such  times,  in  manner,  and 
on  such  forms,  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  require.  (Sec.  31  of  the 
act  providing  for  the  organization  of  the  militia  of  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, approved  Mar.  1,  1889.) 

9.  Every  officer  and  enlisted  man  to  whom  property  of  the  United 
States  has  been  issued  shall  be  personally  responsible  to  the  United 
Spates  for  such  property,  and  no  one  shall  be  relieved  from  such 
responsibility  except  it  be  shown  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  command- 
ing general  that  the  loss  or  destruction  of  such  property  was  unavoid- 
able and  in  no  way  the  fault  of  the  person  responsible  for  the  same; 
and  in  all  other  cases  the  value  of  the  property  lost  or  destroyed  shall 
be  charged  against  the  person  at  fault  or  to  the  organization  to  which 
it  has  been  issued,  and  such  person  or  organization,  if  not  relieved 
from  such  charge  by  the  commanding  general,  shall  pay  the  value  of 
such  property  to  the  Quartermaster-General  within  one  year  after 
such  loss  or  destruction.     The  value  of  lost  or  destroyed  property 
and  the  person  or  organization  to  be  charged  therewith  shall  be  deter- 
mined by  a  board  to  consist  of  an  inspector  of  the  staff  of  the  com- 
manding general  of  the  militia  and  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
organization  in  which  such  property  is  lost.     In  case  of  disagreement 
such  value  shall  be  fixed  by  the  commanding  general  of  the  militia. 
(Sec.  31  of  the  act  providing  for  the  organization  of  the  militia  of  the 
District  of  Columbia,  approved  Feb.  18,  1909.) 

10.  The  Secretary  of  War  is  authorized  to  issue,  at  his  discretion  and 
under  proper  regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  him,  out  of  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores  belonging  to  the  Government,  and  which  can  be 
spared  for  that  purpose,  such  as  may  appear  to  be  required  for  mili- 
tary instruction  and  practice  by  the  students  of  the  high  school  of 
Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  and  the  Secretary  shall  require  a 
bond  in  each  case,  in  double  the  value  of  the  property,  for  the  care 
and  safe-keeping  thereof,  and  for  the  return  of  same  when  required. 
(Act  of  Feb.  5,  1891.) 

11.  The  Secretary  of  War  is  authorized  to  issue,  at  his  discretion 
and  under  proper  regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  him,  out  of  ord- 
nance and  ordnance  stores  belonging  to  the  Government,  and  which 
can  be  spared  for  that  purpose,  such  number  of  the  same  as  may 
appear  to  be  required  for  military  instruction  and  practice  by  the 
students  of  any  college  or  university  under  the  provisions  of  this 
section,  and  the  Secretary  shall  require  a  bond  in  each  case,  in 
double  the  value  of  the  property,  for  the  care  and  safe-keeping 
thereof,  and  for  the  return  of  the  same  when  required.     (Sec.  1225, 
Rev.  Stat.,  as  amended  ly  act  of  Sept.  26,  1888.) 


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12.  The  Secretary  of  War  is  authorized  to  issue,  at  his  discretion 
and  under  proper  regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  him,  out  of  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores  belonging  to  the  Government,  and  which  can  be 
spared  for  that  purpose,  upon  the  approval  of  the  governors  of  the 
respective  States  and  Territories,  such  number  of  the  same  as  may 
be  required  for  military  instruction  and  practice  by  schools  in  the 
United  States  and  Territories  where  such  instruction  and  practice 
shall  have  been  authorized  by  the  educational  authorities;  and  the 
Secretary  shall  require  a  bond  in  each  case,  for  double  the  value  of 
the  property,   for  the  care   and  safe-keeping  thereof  and  for  the 
return  of  the  same  when  required.     (Sec.  1225,  Rev.  Stat.,  as  amended 
by  act  of  Apr.  21,  1904,  sec.  3.} 

13.  Ammunition,  targets,  target  material,  and  other  accessories 
may  be  issued  for  small  arms  target  practice  and  instruction  at  the 
educational   institutions   and   state   soldiers'    and   sailors'    orphans' 
homes,  to  which  issues  of  small  arms  are  lawfully  made,  under  such 
regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  prescribe:  Provided,  The 
total  value  of  the  stores  so  issued  to  the  educational  institutions  does 
not  exceed  $30,000.     (Act  of  Mar.  3,  1909.) 

14.  Hereafter  ammunition  of  older  models  than  current  may  be 
issued  for  instruction  in  target  practice  of  students  at  the  institutions 
to  which  the  issue  of  artillery  is  authorized,  to  the  value  of  not  more 
than  $5,000  of  the  original  cost  in  any  one  year.     (Act  of  Mar.  3, 
1909.} 

15.  The  Secretary  of  War  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue,  at  his  dis- 
cretion and  under  proper  regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  him,  without 
cost  of  transportation  to  the  United  States,  such  obsolete  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores  as  may  be  available  to  State  and  Territorial  edu- 
cational institutions  and  to  State  soldiers  and  sailors  orphans'  homes, 
for  purposes  of  drill  and  instruction. 

And  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  require  from  such  institutions  or 
homes  a  bond  in  each  case  in  double  the  value  of  the  property  issued, 
for  the  care  and  safe-keeping  thereof  and  for  the  return  of  the  same 
to  the  United  States  when  required :  Provided,  That  the  issues  herein 
provided  for  shall  be  made  only  to  institutions  upon  recommendation 
of  the  governors  of  States  and  Territories  and  shall  not  be  made  in 
any  case  to  any  educational  institution  to  which  issues  of  such  stores 
are  allowed  to  be  made  under  provisions  of  existing  law.  (Act  of 
June  30, 1906.) 

16.  The  Secretary  of  War  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  are 
authorized,  in  their  discretion,  to  loan  or  give  to  soldiers'  monument 
associations,  posts  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  municipal 
corporations,  condemned  ordnance,  guns,  and  cannon  balls  which 


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may  not  be  needed  in  the  service  of  either  of  said  Departments.  Such 
loan  or  gift  shall  be  made  subject  to  rules  and  regulations  covering 
the  same  in  each  Department,  and  the  Government  shall  be  at  no 
expense  in  connection  with  any  such  loan  or  gift.  (Act  of  May  22, 
1896.) 

17.  The  Chief  of  Ordnance  is  authorized  to  issue  such  obsolete 
or  condemned  ordnance,  gun  carriages,  and  ordnance  stores,  as  may 
be  needed  for  ornamental  purposes,  to  the  homes  for  disabled  vol- 
unteer soldiers,  the  homes  to  pay  for  transportation  and  such  other 
expenses  as  are  necessary.     (Act  of  Mar.  3,  1899.) 

18.  The  Chief  of  Ordnance  shall,   half-yearly,   or  oftener  if    so 
directed,  make  a  report  to  the  Secretary  of  War  of  all  the  officers  and 
enlisted  men  in  his  department  of  the  service,  and  of  all  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores  under  his  control.     Every  officer  of  the  Ordnance 
Department,  every  ordnance  storekeeper,  every  post  ordnance  ser- 
geant, each  keeper  of  magazines,  arsenals,  and  armories,  every  as- 
sistant and  deputy  of  such,  and  all  other  officers,  agents,  or  persons 
who  shall  have  received  or  may  be  entrusted  with  any  stores  or  sup- 
plies, shall  quarterly,  or  oftener  if  so  directed,  and  in  such  manner 
and  on  such  forms  as  may  be  directed  or  prescribed  by  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance,  make  true  and  correct  returns  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  of 
all  ordnance,  arms,  ordnance  stores,  and  all  other  supplies  and  prop- 
erty of  every  kind,  received  by  or  intrusted  to  them  and  each  of 
them,  or  which  may  in  any  manner  come  into  their  and  each  of  their 
possession  or  charge.     The  Chief  of  Ordnance,  subject  to  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Secretary  of  War,  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to 
draw  up  and  enforce  in  his  department  a  system  of  rules  and  regu- 
lations for  the  government  of  the  Ordnance  Department,  and  of  all 
persons  in  said  department,  and  for  the  safe-keeping  and  preservation 
of  all  ordnance  property  of  every  kind,  and  to  direct  and  prescribe 
the  time,  number,  and  forms  of  all  returns  and  reports,  and  to  enforce 
compliance  therewith.     (Sec.  1167,  Rev.  Stat.) 

19.  Returns  of  ordnance  property  now  required  to  be  made  quar- 
terly to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  shall  hereafter  be  made  semiannually. 
(Act  of  Feb.  25,  1903.) 

20.  The  cost  of  repairs  or  damages  done  to  arms,  equipments,  or 
implements,  shall  be  deducted  from  the  pay  of  any  officer  or  soldier 
in  whose  care  or  use  the  same  were  when  such  damages  occurred,  if 
said  damages  were  occasioned  by  the  abuse  or  negligence  of  said 
officer  or  soldier.     (Sec.  1303,  Rev.  Stat.) 

21.  In  case  of  deficiency  of  any  article  of  military  supplies  on  final 
settlements  of  the  accounts  of  any  officer  charged  with  the  issue  of  the 
same,  the  value  thereof  shall  be  charged  against  the  delinquent  and 


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deducted  from  his  monthly  pay,  unless  he  shall  show  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  the  Secretary  of  War,  by  one  or  more  depositions  setting  forth 
the  circumstances  of  the  case,  that  said  deficiency  was  not  occasioned 
by  any  fault  on  his  part.  And  in  case  of  damage  to  any  military 
supplies,  the  value  of  such  damage  shall  be  charged  against  such 
officer  and  deducted  from  his  monthly  pay,  unless  he  shall,  in  like 
manner,  show  that  such  damage  was  not  occasioned  by  any  fault  on 
his  part.  (Sec.  1304,  Rev.  Stat.) 

22.  In  settling  the  accounts  of  the  commanding  officer  of  a  com- 
pany for  clothing  and  other  military  supplies,  the  affidavit  of  any 
such  officer  may  be  received  to  show  the  loss  of  vouchers  or  company 
books,  or  any  matter  or  circumstance  tending  to  prove  that  any 
apparent  deficiency  was  occasioned  by  unavoidable  accident  or  lost 
in  actual  service,  without  any  fault  on  his  part,  or  that  the  whole  or 
any  part  of  such  clothing  and  supplies  had  been  properly  and  legally 
used  and  appropriated;  and  such  affidavit  may  be  considered  as 
evidence  to  establish  the  facts  set  forth,  with  or  without  other  evi- 
dence, as  may  seem  to  the  Secretary  of  War  just  and  proper  under 
the  circumstances  of  the  case.     (Sec.  225,  Rev.  Stat.) 

23.  Every  officer  who  knowingly  makes   a  false  return  to   the 
Department  of  War,  or  to  any  of  his  superior  officers,  authorized  to 
call  for  such  returns,  of  the  state  of  the  regiment,  troop  or  company, 
or  garrison  under  his  command ;  or  of  the  arms,  ammunition,  clothing 
or  other  stores  thereunto  belonging,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof  before 
a  court-martial,  be  cashiered.     (Art.  8  of  the  Articles  of  War.) 

24.  All  public  stores  taken  from  the  enemy  shall  be  secured  for  the 
service  of  the  United  States ;  and  for  neglect  thereof  the  commanding 
officer  shall  be  answerable.     (Art.  9  of  the  Articles  of  War.) 

25.  Every  officer  commanding  a  troop,  battery,  or  company,  is 
charged  with  the  arms,   accouterments,   ammunition,   clothing,   or 
other  military  stores  belonging  to  his  command,  and  is  accountable  to 
his  colonel  in  case  of  their  being  lost,  spoiled,  or  damaged  otherwise 
than  by  unavoidable  accident,  or  on  actual  service.     (Art.  10  of  the 
Articles  of  War.) 

26.  Officers  who  at  any  time  were  accountable  or  responsible  for 
public  property  shall  be  required,  before  final  payment  is  made  to 
them  on  discharge  from  the  service,  to  obtain  certificates  of  nonin- 
debtedness  to  the  United  States  from  only  such  of  the  bureaus  of  the 
War  Department  to  which  the  property  for  which  they  were  account- 
able or  responsible  pertains,  and  the  certificate  from  the  Chief  of  the 
Division  of  Bookkeeping  and  Warrants,  Treasury  Department,  and 
such  certificates,  accompanied  by  the  affidavits  of  officers,  of  nonac- 


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countability  or  nonresponsibility  to  other  bureaus  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment, certified  to  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment  or  inde- 
pendent organization,  shall  warrant  their  final  payment:  Provided, 
That  officers  who  have  not  been  responsible  at  any  time  for  public 
property  shall  be  required  to  make  affidavit  of  that  fact,  certified  to 
by  their  commanding  officers,  which  shall  be  accepted  as  sufficient 
evidence  to  warrant  their  final  payment  on  their  discharge  from  the 
service:  Provided  further,  That  mustering  officers  are  empowered  to 
administer  oaths  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  muster  out  of 
volunteers.  (Sec.  2,  act  of  Jan.  12,  1899.) 

27.  Instead  of  forwarding  to  the  accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury 
Department  returns  of  public  property  intrusted  to  the  possession  of 
officers    or    agents,    the    Quartermaster-General,    the    Commissary- 
General  of  Subsistence,  the  Surgeon-General,  the  Chief  of  Engineers, 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance,   the  Chief  Signal  Officer,   the  Paymaster- 
General  of  the  Navy,  the  Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs,  or  other 
like  chief  officers  in  any  Department,  by,  through,  or  under  whom 
stores,  supplies,  and  other  public  property  are  received  for  distribu- 
tion, or  whose  duty  it  is  to  receive  or  examine  returns  of  such  property, 
shall  certify  to  the  proper  accounting  officer  of  the  Treasury  Depart- 
ment, for  debiting  on  the  proper  account,  any  charge  against  any 
officer  or  agent  intrusted  with  public  property,  arising  from  any  loss, 
accruing  by  his  fault,  to  the  Government  as  to  the  property  so 
intrusted  to  him. 

Said  certificate  shall  set  forth  the  condition  of  such  officer's  or 
agent's  property  returns,  that  it  includes  all  charges  made  up  to  its 
date  and  not  previously  certified,  that  he  has  had  a  reasonable  oppor- 
tunity to  be  heard  and  has  not  been  relieved  of  responsibility;  the 
effect  of  such  certificate,  when  received,  shall  be  the  same  as  if  the 
facts  therein  set  forth  had  been  ascertained  by  the  accounting  officers 
of  the  Treasury  Department  in  accounting.  (Sees.  1  and  2,  act  of 
Mar.  29,  1894.) 

ARTICLE  II. 

CUSTODIANS  OF  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

See  A.R.  661,  662,  663,  664,  665,  666,  667,  668,  699  of  1908;  and  paragraph  44  of  the 
regulations  governing  the  organized  militia. 

28.  Commanding  officers  of  arsenals,   armories,   and  other  ord- 
nance establishments  are  responsible  and  accountable  for  all  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores  on  hand  at  those  establishments,  or  under  their 
control  or  direction. 

29.  Commanding    officers    of    troops,    batteries,    companies,  and 
detachments  are  responsible  and  accountable  for  the  ordnance  and 
ordnance  stores  issued  to  them  for  the  uses  of  their  commands. 


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30.  Post  ordnance  officers  are  responsible  and  accountable  for 
obsolete  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  saluting  guns  and  their  car- 
riages, implements,  etc.,  targets  and  target  material,  accessories  for 
small-arms  practice,  ammunition  and  spare  parts  for  small  arms,  and 
such  ordnance  property  as  is  held  in  store  for  field  purposes. 

31.  Artillery   district   ordnance   officers   are   accountable   for   all 
ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  pertaining  to  the  modern  seacoast 
armament  and  equipment  in  the  artillery  districts,  that  have  been 
turned  over  to  the  artillery,  and  have  general  supervision  of  the  care, 
repair,  and  preservation  of  the  ordnance  property  for  which  they  are 
accountable.     Post  ordnance  officers  of  coast  artillery  posts  hold,  on 
memorandum  receipt  from  the  artillery  district  ordnance  officer,  all 
ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  pertaining  to  the  modern  seacoast 
armament   and   equipment   at   their   posts.     These   post   ordnance 
officers   are   responsible  for   the   ordnance  property   they  hold   on 
memorandum  receipt,  except  such  as  has  been  issued  on  memoran- 
dum receipt  to  commanding  officers  of  batteries  and  stations.     Com- 
manding officers  of  batteries  and  stations  are  responsible  for  the  equip- 
ment of  their  batteries  and  stations. 

32.  When  there  is  only  one  commissioned  officer  at  a  post,  he  is 
responsible  and  accountable  for  all  ordnance  property  on  hand  at 
that  post.     When  there  are  no  commissioned  officers  present,  the 
ordnance  sergeant  is  responsible  and  accountable  for  the  ordnance 
property.     At  stations  of  the  Signal  Corps  where  no  commissioned 
officer  is  present,  the  senior  sergeant  of  the  Signal  Corps  present  is 
responsible  and  accountable  for  the  ordnance  property  at  that  station. 

33.  Officers  below  the  grade  of  major  required  to  be  mounted,  and 
to  whom  horse  equipments  have  been  issued  by  the  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment, are  responsible  and  accountable  for  them. 

34.  The  commanding  officers  of  posts  or  stations  are  pecuniarily 
liable  with  their  subordinate  officers  immediately  responsible  for  ord- 
nance property  for  the  strict  observance  of  the  regulations  in  regard 
to  its  care,  preservation,  transfer,  and  use. 

35.  When  troops  are  operating  in  the  field,  the  ordnance  officer  of 
each  regiment,  or  the  ordnance  officer  of  each  battalion  or  similar  organ- 
ization operating  separately,  is  responsible  and  accountable  for  such 
ammunition  and  other  ordnance  property  as  are  required  to  be  issued 
to  the  various  commands  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  regiment,  battalion,  or  organization. 

36.  When  troops  are  operating  in  the  field,  the  principal  reserves 
of  ammunition  and  other  ordnance  property  will  be  in  charge  of  the 


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chief  ordnance  officers  of  the  corps  and  divisions,  or  depot  ordnance 
officers,  and  they  will  be  responsible  and  accountable  for  this  prop- 
erty, which  is  for  issue  to  the  several  commands  under  the  direction 
of  the  corps  and  division  commanders. 

37.  When  unserviceable  horse  equipments  are  issued  to  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  District  of  Columbia  for  the  use  of  the  police,  the 
responsibility  for  the  property  devolves  on  the  District  of  Columbia, 
but  the  accountability  will  be  rendered  in  behalf  of  the  District  by 
the  superintendent  of  police. 

38.  When  militia  organizations  are  mustered  into  the  service  of 
the  United  States,  responsibility  and  accountability  for  the  ordnance 
property  in  their  possession  devolve  on  the  officers  thereof,  as  in  case 
of  officers  of  the  Regular  Army. 

39.  When  ordnance  property  is  issued  to  a  head  of  an  executive 
department  for  the  protection  of  public  money  and  property,  respon- 
sibility for  the  property  devolves  on  the  department  concerned;  but 
accountability  will  be  rendered  by  such  officer  of  the  department  as 
may  be  designated  by  the  head  thereof. 

40.  When  ordnance  property  is  issued  to  the  several  States,  Terri- 
tories, and  the  District  of  Columbia,  for  the  use  of  their  organized 
militia,  the  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia  are  re- 
sponsible, as  provided  for  by  law,  for  the  property  so  issued;  but  the 
accountability  will  be  rendered  by  the  governor  of  each  State  and 
Territory,  and  the  commanding  general  of  the  militia  of  the  District 
of  Columbia.     When  ordnance  property  is  issued  to  the  officers  and 
enlisted  men  of  the  militia  of  the  District  of  Columbia  by  the  com- 
manding general  thereof,  they  are  responsible  to  the  United  States 
for  the  property  so  issued. 

41.  When  ordnance  property  is  issued  to  the  high  schools  of  Wash- 
ington, District  of  Columbia,  the  responsibility  for  the  property  de- 
volves on  the  District  of  Columbia;  but  the  accountability  will  be 
rendered  on  behalf  of  the  District  by  such  officer  of  the  District  of 
Columbia  as  may  be  designated  by  the  board  of  education  of  the 
District. 

42.  When  ordnance  property  is  issued  to  educational  institutions 
as  provided  for  by  section  1225,  Revised  Statutes,  responsibility  and 
accountability  for  the  property  so  issued  devolve  on  the  institution; 
and  the  returns  for  this  property  will  be  rendered  in  the  name  of  the 
institution  by  the  president  or  the  principal  officer  thereof. 


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43.  When  ordnance  property  is  issued  to  state  and  territorial  edu- 
cational institutions  and  to  state  soldiers  and  sailors  orphans'  homes 
for  the  purposes  of  drill  and  instruction,  the  responsibility  and  ac- 
countability for  the  property  devolve  on  the  institution  or  home; 
and  the  returns  for  this  property  will  be  rendered  in  their  behalf  by 
the  governors,  presidents,  or  other  principal  officers. 

44.  When  condemned  ordnance,  guns,  and  cannon  balls  are  loaned 
to  soldiers'  monument  associations,  posts  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  and  municipal  corporations,  responsibility  and  accounta- 
bility for  the  property  devolve  on  the  officer  of  the  association  or  of 
the  post  or  of  the  corporation  who  will  be  designated  in  each  case. 
When  obsolete  ordnance,   gun  carriages,   and  ordnance  stores  are 
issued  to  homes  for  disabled  volunteer  soldiers  for  ornamental  pur- 
poses, the  responsibility  and  accountability  for  the  property  devolve 
on  the  governors  of  the  homes. 

ARTICLE  III. 
CLASSIFICATION  OF  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

45.  Ordnance    property,    for   the    purpose    of   accountability,   is 
divided  into  two  parts,  and  the  appropriate  classes  and  sections. 

PART  I. 

Comprises  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  for  issue  to  the  army,  the  organized  militia, 
edacational  institutions,  soldiers  and  sailors  orphans'  homes,  etc.,  arranged  in  the 
following  classification: 

CLASS  I. 

Artillery  of  position,  comprising  seacoast  cannon,  with  their  carriages,  sights,  spare 
parts,  implements,  equipments,  and  subcaliber  guns,  as  follows: 

1.  Seacoast  guns,  with  their  carriages,  sights,  accessories,  spare  parts,  implements, 
and  equipments. 

2.  Rapid-fire  seacoast  guns,  with  their  carriages,  sights,  accessories,  spare  parts, 
implements,  and  equipments. 

3.  Seacoast  mortars,  with  their  carriages,  sights,  accessories,  spare  parts,  implements, 
and  equipments. 

4.  Subcaliber  guns,  with  their  fittings  and  accessories. 

5.  Experimental  cannon,   with  their  carriages,   sights,   accessories,  spare  parts, 
implements,  and  equipments. 

6.  Saluting  cannon,  with  their  carriages,  spare  parts,  accessories,  and  equipments. 

7.  Bronze,  iron,  and  other  cannon,  of  obsolete  design,  with  their  carriages,  sights, 
accessories,  spare  parts,  implements,  and  equipments. 

8.  Miscellaneous  articles  of  a  general  character  pertaining  to  cannon  and  their 
carriages. 

NOTE. — Section  8  covers  such  articles  as  telescopic  sights,  which  are  not  peculiar 
to  any  of  the  preceding  sections. 


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CLASS  II. 

Miscellaneous  articles  for  seacoast  artillery,  such  as  range  finders,  plotting  board, 
implements  for  mechanical  maneuvers,  lathes,  and  tools  for  mechanics,  seacoast 
targets,  drafting  instruments,  and  materials,  as  follows: 

1.  Range  finders  and  other  articles,  including  their  parts,  for  the  fire  control  of 
artillery  of  position. 

2.  Articles  for  mechanical  maneuvers. 

3.  Machines,  tools,  and  materials  for  use  at  posts  in  repair  of  seacoast  artillery. 

4.  Seacoast  targets  and  target  accessories  and  supplies. 

5.  Articles  for  drafting  and  photoprinting  purposes. 

6.  Articles  for  instruction  purposes. 

7.  Miscellaneous  articles  for  artillery  of  position. 

CLASS  III. 

Ammunition  and  its  components  for  artillery  of  position,  including  powders,  car- 
tridge bags,  and  cartridge  storage  cases,  as  follows: 

1.  Ammunition  and  its  components  for  seacoast  cannon. 

2.  Ammunition  and  its  components  for  rapid-fire  seacoast  cannon. 

3.  Ammunition  and  its  components  for  subcaliber  guns. 

4.  Ammunition  and  its  components  for  experimental  cannon. 

5.  Ammunition  and  its  components  for  obsolete  cannon. 

6.  Miscellaneous  components  used  in  ammunition  for  artillery  of  position. 

NOTE. — Section  6  covers  such  articles  as  fuzes  and  primers,  which  are  not  peculiar 
to  any  preceding  section. 

CLASS  IV. 

Mobile  artillery,  comprising  machine,  mountain,  field,  and  siege  cannon,  with  their 
carriages,  sights,  spare  parts,  implements,  equipments,  and  harness,  as  follows: 

1.  Machine  guns,  with  their  carriages,  mounts,  limbers,  sights,  accessories,  spare 
parts,  implements,  and  equipments. 

2.  Mountain  cannon,  with  their  carriages,  sights,  accessories,  spare  parts,  imple- 
ments, and  equipments. 

3.  Field  cannon,  with  their  carriages,  limbers,  caissons,  sights,  accessories,  spare 
parts,  implements,  and  equipments. 

4.  Siege  cannon,  with  their  carriages,  limbers,  wagons,  sights,  accessories,  spare 
parts,  implements,  and  equipments. 

5.  Subcaliber  guns  and  subcaliber  cartridges,  with  their  fittings  and  accessories. 

6.  Experimental  guns  and  cannon,  with  their  carriages,  mounts,  limbers,  wagons, 
sights,  accessories,  spare  parts,  implements,  and  equipments. 

7.  Bronze,  iron,  and  other  guns  and  cannon  of  obsolete  design,  with  their  carriages, 
mounts,  limbers,  sights,  accessories,  spare  parts,  implements,  and  equipments. 

8.  Harness  and  its  components  for  mobile  artillery,  exclusive  of  packing  outfits. 

9.  Miscellaneous  articles,  consisting  of  artillery  carriages,  implements,  and  equip- 
ments of  a  general  character  pertaining  to  mobile  artillery. 

CLASS  V. 

Miscellaneous  articles  for  mobile  artillery,  such  as  instruments  for  fire  control, 
targets  and  other  accessories  for  target  practice,  and  implements  for  mechanical 
maneuvers,  as  follows: 

1.  Range  finders  and  other  articles  for  the  fire  control  of  mobile  artillery. 

2.  Articles  for  mechanical  maneuvers. 

3.  Mobile  artillery  targets  and  target  accessories  and  supplies. 

4.  Articles  for  instruction  purposes. 

5.  Miscellaneous  articles  for  mobile  artillery. 

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CLASS  VI. 

Ammunition  and  its  components  for  mobile  artillery,  including  powders  and  car- 
tridge bags,  as  follows: 

1.  Ammunition  and  its  components  for  machine  and  automatic  guns. 

2.  Ammunition  and  its  components  for  mountain  cannon. 

3.  Ammunition  and  its  components  for  field  cannon. 

4.  Ammunition  and  its  components  for  siege  cannon. 

5.  Ammunition  and  its  components  for  experimental  cannon. 

6.  Ammunition  and  its  components  for  obsolete  cannon. 

7.  Miscellaneous  components  used  in  ammunition  for  mobile  artillery. 

CLASS  VII. 

Small  arms  and  hand  arms  of  all  kinds,  including  their  spare  parts  and  appendages, 
as  follows: 

1.  Rifles  and  carbines,  with  their  parts  and  appendages. 

2.  Pistols  and  revolvers,  with  their  parts  and  appendages. 

3.  Obsolete  small  arms,  with  their  parts  and  appendages. 

4.  Shotguns,  with  their  parts  and  appendages. 

5.  Hand  arms,  with  their  parts  and  appendages. 

CLASS  VIII. 

Small-arms  ammunition  of  all  kinds,  and  hand  and  rifle  grenades,  and  their  com- 
ponents, as  follows: 

1.  Rifle  ammunition  and  its  components. 

2.  Pistol  and  revolver  ammunition  and  its  components. 

3.  Shotgun  ammunition  and  its  components. 

4.  Hand  and  rifle  grenades  and  their  components. 

CLASS  IX. 

Equipments  for  the  soldier,  horse  equipments,  equipments  for  sale  to  officers,  and 
their  components,  as  follows: 

1.  Infantry  equipments  and  their  components. 

2.  Cavalry  equipments  and  then*  components. 

3.  Artillery  equipments  and  their  components. 

4.  Band  equipments. 

5.  Horse  equipments  and  their  components. 

6.  Officers'  equipments  and  their  components. 

CLASS  X. 

Miscellaneous  articles  for  the  use  of  troops,  batteries,  and  companies,  comprising 
range  finders  for  the  fire  control  of  small  arms,  targets,  and  other  accessories  for  small- 
arms  target  practice,  fencing  equipments,  arm  racks,  badges  and  medals  of  all  kinds, 
reloading  tools,  repairing  tools,  cleaning  and  preserving  materials  of  all  kinds,  as 
follows: 

1.  Arm  chests,  arm  racks,  etc. 

2.  Fencing  equipments. 

3.  Intrenching  tools  and  their  carriers. 

4.  Insignia  and  prizes  for  small-arms  and  gunnery  practice. 

5.  Marking,  stencil,  and  etching  outfits. 

6.  Range-finding  articles  for  small  arms. 

7.  Targets  and  target  materials  and  supplies  for  small  and  hand  arms  practice. 

8.  Tools  for  reloading  small-arms  ammunition. 

9.  Tools  for  repairing  arms  and  equipments. 

10.  Cleaning,  preserving,  and  repairing  supplies. 

11.  Publications  and  blank  forms. 


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PART  II. 

Comprises  buildings  and  grounds  and  ordnance  stores  in  current  service  at  the  various 
ordnance  establishments,  arranged  in  the  following  classification: 

CLASS  I. 

Buildings,  grounds,  and  works  of  a  permanent  character  at  an  ordnance  establish- 
ment. 

CLASS  II. 

Tools,  implements,  utensils,  and  other  articles  in  use  for  general  purposes  at  an 
ordnance  establishment,  as  follows: 

1.  Books,  drawing  instruments,  furniture,  office  furnishings,  and  the  permanent 
articles  of  stationery. 

2.  Machines,  instruments,  and  other  articles  for  laboratory,  photographic,  or  experi- 
mental purposes. 

3.  Articles  for  heating  and  lighting. 

4.  Machines,  tools,  and  utensils  for  the  care  and  preservation  of  buildings,  roads,  and 
grounds. 

5.  Articles  used  for  communication,  fire  protection,  and  sanitary  purposes. 

6.  Articles  for  transportation  purposes. 

7.  Miscellaneous  articles. 

CLASS  III. 

Machines,  tools,  and  apparatus  used  for  manufacturing  purposes  at  an  ordnance 
establishment,  as  follows: 

1.  Apparatus  for  the  generation,  transmission,  and  application  of  power. 

2.  Apparatus  for  the  chemical  treatment  and  conversion  of  metals,  and  for  their 
treatment  and  conversion  by  heat. 

3.  Patterns. 

4.  Leather,  cloth,  and  fiber  working  machines  with  their  appropriate  tools,  fixtures, 
and  parts. 

5.  Metal- working  machines  with  their  appropriate  tools,  fixtures,  and  parts. 

6.  Wood-working  machines  with  their  appropriate  tools,  fixtures,  and  parts. 

7.  Miscellaneous  machines  and  apparatus. 

8.  Hand  tools  for  working  leather,  cloth,  and  fiber. 

9.  Hand  tools  for  working  metal. 

10.  Hand  tools  for  working  wood. 

11.  Miscellaneous  hand  tools  and  utensils. 

CLASS  IV. 

Inspecting  instruments  used  in  manufactures,  as  follows: 

1.  Inspecting  instruments  for  cannon. 

2.  Inspecting  instruments  for  carriages. 

3.  Inspecting  instruments  for  artillery  ammunition. 

4.  Inspecting  instruments  for  small  arms. 

5.  Inspecting  instruments  for  small-arms  ammunition. 

6.  Inspecting  instruments  for  equipments  and  miscellaneous  articles. 


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CLASS  V. 

Materials  for  current  service  and  for  manufacturing  purposes  at  ordnance  establish- 
ments, as  follows: 

1.  Stationery  and  other  office  and  drafting  supplies. 

2.  Cloth,  rope,  textiles,  thread,  etc. 

3.  Forage. 

4.  Foundry  supplies;  as  crucibles,  fire  brick,  molding  sand,  facings,  etc. 

5.  Hardware. 

6.  Metals,  in  pigs,  ingots,  bars,  billets,  and  sheets. 

7.  Metals,  in  castings,  forgings,  and  shapes. 

8.  Leather,  hides,  skins,  belting,  etc. 

9.  Lumber  and  timber. 

10.  Building  materials,  such  as  cement,  stone,  brick,  etc. 

11.  Heating  and  lighting  materials. 

12.  Electrical  supplies. 

13.  Photographic  materials. 

14.  Acids,  chemicals,  gums,  etc. 

15.  Oils. 

16.  Paints,  pitch,  resin,  tar,  varnish,  etc. 

17.  Cleaning  and  polishing  materials. 

18.  Miscellaneous  materials. 

ARTICLE  IV. 
CARE  AND  PRESERVATION  OF  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

See  A.  R.  115,  191,  201,  285,  287,  288,  600,  678,  679,  681,  693,  694,  695,  696,  754, 
1554,  1555,  1556,  and  1570,  of  1908. 

46.  The  various  articles  of  ordnance  property,  consisting  of  spare 
parts,  and  cleaning,  preserving,  and  repairing  supplies,  which  are 
issued  to  the  service  and  the  organized  militia  and  sold  to  educational 
institutions,  etc.,  for  the  care  and  preservation  of  the  ordnance  and 
ordnance  stores  issued  to  them,  are  described  in  ordnance  price  lists 
and  in  pamphlets  descriptive  of  the  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores 
for  which  the  parts  and  supplies  are  required.     In  addition,  these 
pamphlets  and  other  manuals  generally  give  detailed  instructions  in 
regard  to  the  care  and  preservation  of  the  articles  described  and 
referred  to  therein,  and  such  instructions  are  made  a  part  of  these 
regulations. 

47.  For  the  maintenance  and  improvement  of  the  seacoast  arma- 
ment and  its  equipment,  the  following  armament  districts  have  been 
established,  in  charge  of  the  seacoast  armament  officers  designated 
below : 

Northern  armament  district,  comprising  the  fortifications  of  the 
New  England  coast  down  to  and  including  New  London,  Conn.,  the 
armament  officer  being  the  commanding  officer  of  Watertown  Arsenal. 

Central  armament  district,  comprising  the  fortifications  of  New 
York  Harbor  (except  those  on  Sandy  Hook);  Delaware  River;  Bal- 


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timore,  Md.;  Washington,  D.  C.;  and  Hampton  Roads;  the  arma- 
ment officer  being  the  commanding  officer  of  New  York  Arsenal. 

Sandy  Hook  armament  district,  comprising  the  fortifications  on 
Sandy  Hook,  N.  J.,  the  armament  officer  being  the  commanding 
officer  of  Sandy  Hook  Proving  Ground. 

Southern  armament  district,  comprising  the  fortifications  of  the 
South  Atlantic  and  Gulf  coasts  from  Wilmington,  N.  C.,  to  Galveston, 
Tex.,  both  inclusive,  and  Guantanamo,  Cuba,  the  armament  officer 
being  the  commanding  officer  of  Augusta  Arsenal. 

Western  armament  district,  comprising  the  fortifications  of  the 
Pacific  coast  and  of  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  the  armament  officer  being 
the  commanding  officer  of  Benicia  Arsenal. 

Philippine  armament  district,  comprising  the  fortifications  in  the 
Philippine  Islands,  the  armament  officer  being  the  commanding  offi- 
cer of  the  Manila  Ordnance  Depot. 

"48.  For  the  maintenance  and  improvement  of  the  mobile  artillery 
and  its  equipment,  the  following  armament  districts  in  which  field 
artillery  is  stationed  have  been  established,  in  charge  of  the  mobile 
artillery  armament  officers  designated  below: 

The  Department  of  the  East,  the  armament  officer  being  the  com- 
manding officer  of  New  York  Arsenal. 

The  Department  of  the  Gulf,  the  armament  officer  being  the  com- 
manding officer  of  Augusta  Arsenal. 

The  departments  of  Texas  and  the  Colorado,  the  armament  offi- 
cer being  the  commanding  officer  of  San  Antonio  Arsenal. 

The  departments  of  California  and  the  Columbia,  the  armament 
officer  being  the  commanding  officer  of  Benicia  Arsenal. 

The  departments  of  the  Lakes,  the  Missouri,  and  Dakota,  the 
armament  officer  being  the  commanding  officer  of  Rock  Island 
Arsenal. 

The  Philippines  Division,  the  armament  officer  being  the  command- 
ing officer  of  the  Manila  Ordnance  Depot. 

49.  When  troops  are  operating  in  the  field,  in  time  of  war,  the 
chief  ordnance  officer  of  each  division,  expedition,  etc.,  will  be  pro- 
vided with  the  necessary  mechanics  for  the  purpose  of  making  repairs 
to  mobile  artillery  and  its  equipment  which  can  not  be  made  in  the 
several  batteries,  and  for  overhauling  and  repairing  ordnance  property 
which  has  been  turned  into  an  ordnance  depot  under  his  charge. 

50.  Ordnance  sergeants  are  assigned  to  garrisoned  posts  as  assist- 
ants to  the  ordnance  officers  thereof  in  the  care  of  and  accountability 
for  the  property  for  which  they  are  responsible,  and  are  required  to 
perform  such  military  and  such  other  duty  in  connection  with  the 
preparation  of  reports  and  returns  concerning  ordnance  property  as 


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are  incidental  and  necessary  for  the  work  and  which  are  not  to  be 
performed  by  other  enlisted  men,  in  accordance  with  the  regulations 
and  orders  upon  the  subject. 

When  ordnance  sergeants  are  assigned  to  ungarrisoned  posts  they 
will  perform  all  the  duties  ordinarily  assigned  to  post  ordnance  officers 
in  regard  to  the  care  of  and  accountability  for  ordnance  property. 

When  a  garrisoned  post  has  not  an  ordnance  sergeant  assigned  to 
it,  a  noncommissioned  officer  will  be  detailed  as  an  acting  ordnance 
sergeant  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post. 

51.  Small   arms,   saddle    blankets,    time-interval    recorders,   lead 
counterweights,  and  cartridge  cases  for  cannon,  being  articles  of  ord- 
nance property  which  may  be  readily  disposed  of  by  evil-disposed 
persons,  responsible  officers  are  required  to  take  every  possible  pre- 
caution for  their  safe-keeping. 

52.  The  Ordnance  Department  will  issue,  for  the  use  of  troops  in 
garrison,  arm  racks  and  arm  lockers  for  the  safe-keeping  of  small 
arms.     Separate  arm  lockers  for  the  safe-keeping  of  rifles  and  revolv- 
ers will  be  issued  to  mounted  organizations  only;  for  other  organi- 
zations and  post  ordnance  officers,  arm  lockers  for  rifles  only  will  be 
issued  for  the  safe-keeping  of  rifles,  pistols,  and  revolvers,  with  the 
exception  of  noncommissioned  staffs  and  bands  and  machine  gun 
platoons,  to  whom  the  arm  locker  for   revolvers  will  be   supplied. 
Officers  responsible  for  small  arms  who  neglect  to  obtain  arm  racks  and 
arm  lockers  for  their  safe-keeping  will  not  be  regarded  as  having  taken 
every  possible  precaution  to  prevent  their  loss. 

When  small  arms  are  not  in  the  possession  of  enlisted  men  for  the 
performance  of  military  duty,  they  are  required  to  be  locked  in  the 
arm  racks  or  the  arm  lockers.  The  arm  racks  are  intended  for  the  safe- 
keeping of  the  small  arms  in  daily  use  by  the  organizations  to  which 
they  have  been  issued,  and  the  arm  lockers  for  such  arms  as  are  not 
required  to  be  issued  frequently  to  enlisted  men. 

53.  When  small  arms  are  issued  to  or  received  from  enlisted  men 
in  any  organization,  the  arms  will  be  checked  in  and  out  from  arm 
racks  or  arm  lockers  by  the  responsible  noncommissioned  officer,  so 
as  to  insure  that  the  arm  issued  to  or  received  from  any  enlisted  man 
is  the  one  with  which  he  is  charged  on  the  records  of  the  organization, 
and  that,  in  case  of  loss  of  an  arm,  the  responsibility  may  be  readily 
fixed  on  the  proper  person. 

Enlisted  men  in  garrison  will  be  required  on  the  completion  of  a 
military  duty  requiring  the  use  of  arms  to  return  them  to  the  proper 
noncommissioned  officer,  unless  this  duty  is  immediately  succeeded 
by  another  requiring  the  use  of  arms.  In  the  latter  case  the  arms  will 
be  returned  on  the  completion  of  this  duty. 


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54.  When  troops  are  operating  in  the  field,  responsible  officers  are 
not  required  to  take  arm  racks  or  arm  lockers  with  them  for  the  safe- 
keeping of  small  arms  unless  it  is  convenient  to  do  so;  but  a  system 
will  be  devised  in  each  organization  which  will  provide  every  possible 
precaution  for  the  safe-keeping  of  arms  under  the  particular  field  con- 
ditions to  which  the  troops  are  subjected.     When  troops  operating  in 
the  field  are  required  to  be  armed  at  all  times,  each  individual  will  be 
held  responsible  that  he  takes  every  possible  precaution  for  the  safe- 
keeping of  the  arms  issued  to  him.     When,  for  any  reason,  troops  so 
operating  are  not  permitted  to  be  armed  at  all  times,  responsible 
officers  will  have  the  pistols  and  revolvers  safeguarded  under  con- 
ditions that  will  provide  for  their  safe-keeping. 

55.  When  troops  are  in  garrison,  saddle   blankets,  time-interval 
recorders,  and  cartridge  cases  for  cannon  will,  when  practicable,  be 
kept  in  locked  rooms  or  receptacles  for  their  safe-keeping.     Counter- 
weights are  required  to  be  secured  by  the  chains  and  locks  provided 
for  the  purpose. 

56.  The  application  of  oil  and  grease  to  cartridge  cases  has  a  tend- 
ency to  cause  the  cases  to  rupture  when  fired,  and,  therefore,  the 
use  of  such  lubricants  on  cases  is  prohibited.     When  practicable,  the 
chamber  of  each  rifle,  and  every  cartridge  case  before  being  placed  in 
it,  is  examined;  and  no  cartridge,  and  particularly  no  fired  case,  is 
kept  in  a  rifle  longer  than  is  necessary. 

57.  Officers  responsible  for  armor-piercing  and  deck-piercing  pro- 
jectiles are  required  to  have  them  marked  and  stored  under  such 
conditions  that  there  will  be  no  possibility  of  their  being  considered 
as  on  hand  for  target  practice.     When  projectiles  for  target  practice 
have  been  set  aside  for  immediate  firing,  they  will  be  inspected  by  an 
officer  to  ascertain  whether  or  not  there  are  any  armor-piercing  or 
deck-piercing  projectiles  among  them. 

58.  In  view  of  the  injurious  effects  of  moisture  and  dust  on  the 
lenses  of  optical  instruments,  the  latter  are  required  to  be  kept  or 
stored  under  such  conditions  as  will  insure  as  much  freedom  from 
moisture  and  dust  as  can  be  obtained. 

59.  Commanding  officers  of  arsenals  and  other  ordnance  establish- 
ments, where,  of  necessity,  the  care  of  ordnance  property  must  be 
intrusted  to  civilian  employees,  are  required  to  introduce  such  local 
accounting  as  will  readily  fix  responsibility  on  the  proper  persons  for 
property  in  store,  use,  or  undergoing  manufacture,  and  the  waste 
products  arising  from  various  operations. 


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60.  Commanding  officers  of  troops,  batteries,  and  companies  are 
informed  that  it  has  been  observed  in  the  examination  of  ordnance 
property  returns  that  when  such  organizations  are  ordered  on  detached 
service  large  quantities  of  ordnance  property  are  frequently  left  at 
their  stations,  showing  that  ordnance  property  in  excess  of  the  actual 
requirements  of  these  organizations  was  kept  on  hand. 

In  order  that  the  work  of  caring  for  and  preserving  ordnance  prop- 
erty in  each  organization  shall  be  reduced  to  a  minimum,  it  is  enjoined 
on  commanding  officers  of  all  organizations  that  they  keep  on  hand 
only  such  arms,  equipments,  ammunition,  spare  parts,  and  cleaning, 
repairing,  and  preserving  supplies  as  are  necessary  for  the  equipment 
for  field  service  of  the  authorized  strengths  of  their  organizations. 

61.  Whenever  a  complete  inspection  is  made  of  an  organized  body 
of  troops  the  inspector  will  ascertain  where  there  is  on  hand  any 
excess  of  ordnance  property  over  the  needs  of  the  organization  or 
any  surplus  not  borne  on  the  returns,  and  will  inquire  into  and  report 
upon  such  excess  or  surplus  wherever  found  to  exist. 

62.  When  an  organization  detached  for  temporary  duty  leaves 
at  its  station  any  ordnance  property  which  is  not  in  charge  of  a 
member  of  the  organization,  the  responsible  officer  is  required  to 
properly  secure  the  property  and  to  furnish  the  commanding  officer 
of  the  post  or  station,  or  an  officer  to  be  designated  by  him,  with  an 
inventory  of  the  property  and   the  keys  to  the  storeroom  in  which 
it  is  located.     The  inventory  will,  when  practicable,  be  prepared  by 
a  commissioned  officer. 

63.  When  a  soldier  has  been  wounded,  he  may  leave  his  arms  and 
equipments  on  the  battlefield,  provided  the  officer  responsible  for 
these  articles  decides  that  the  nature  of  the  injuries  received  require 
that  this  course  shall  be  followed.     If  a  soldier  is  taken  with  a  severe 
illness,  under  like  conditions,  similar  discretion  is  vested  in  the 
responsible  officer.     Ammunition  on  the  person  of  a  wounded  or 
sick  soldier  sent  from  the  battlefield  will  be  removed  and  distributed 
among  the  other  soldiers  on  the  firing  line. 

64.  When  a  soldier,  by  reason  of  a  severe  illness  or  wounds,  is 
sent  to  a  regimental  or  field  hospital  without  his  arms  or  equipments, 
his  commanding  officer  will  have   these   articles   returned   to   the 
organization  to  which  the  soldier  belongs. 

65.  When  wounded  or  sick  soldiers  take  arms  or  equipments  with 
them  to  a  field  hospital,  the  surgeon  in  charge  or  the  ordnance 
officer  of  the  hospital  will  send  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
organization  to  which  the  soldier  belongs  a  receipt  covering  the 


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arms  or  equipments  received,  and  will  furnish  the  soldier  with  a 
duplicate  of  this  receipt.  The  arms  and  equipments  which  have 
thus  accumulated  at  a  hospital  are  required  to  be  accounted  for  by 
the  surgeon  in  charge  or  the  ordnance  officer  of  the  hospital,  and, 
from  time  to  time,  they  will  be  turned  in  to  the  nearest  arsenal  or 
ordnance  depot,  or  otherwise  disposed  of  by  competent  authority. 

66.  After  an  engagement  commanding  officers  of  organizations 
will  make  it  one  of  their  first  duties  to  have  gathered  up  and  prop- 
erly secured  all  ordnance  property  which  was  issued  to  such  soldiers 
as  have  been  killed. 

67.  The  organized  militia  of  the  several  States,  Territories,  and 
the  District  of  Columbia  are  required  to  have  arm  racks  and  arm 
lockers  on  hand  for  the  safe-keeping  of  the  small  arms  issued  to 
them  and   to  see  that  every  possible  precaution  is  taken  for  their 
safe-keeping. 

68.  The  several  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia 
are  required  to  provide  suitable  armories  for  the  safe-keeping  of 
ordnance  property  of  the  United  States  issued  to  them. 

Troops  of  the  organized  militia,  unless  they  are  serving  in  the 
field,  are  required  to  store  the  ordnance  property  issued  to  them  in 
the  armories  provided  for  the  purpose. 

69.  For  the  maintenance  and  improvement  of  the  mobile  artillery 
and  its  equipment  in  the  possession  of  the  organized  militia  the  fol- 
lowing armament  districts  in  which  militia  batteries  are  located  have 
been  established,  in  charge  of  the  mobile  artillery  armament  officers 
designated  below: 

The  States  of  Maine,  New  Hampshire,  Vermont,  Massachusetts, 
Rhode  Island,  and  Connecticut;  the  armament  officer  being  the 
commanding  officer  of  Watertown  Arsenal. 

The  States  of  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey,  Delaware, 
Maryland,  Virginia,  West  Virginia,  and  the  District  of  Columbia;  the 
armament  officer  being  the  commanding  officer  of  New  York  Arsenal. 

The  States  of  North  Carolina,  South  Carolina,  Tennessee,  Georgia, 
Florida,  Alabama,  and  Mississippi;  the  armament  officer  being  the 
commanding  officer  of  Augusta  Arsenal. 

The  States  of  Texas,  Louisiana,  Arkansas,  Oklahoma,  Colorado, 
and  Utah,  and  the  Territories  of  New  Mexico  and  Arizona;  the 
armament  officer  being  the  commanding  officer  of  San  Antonio 
Arsenal. 

The  States  of  California,  Nevada,  Oregon,  Washington,  and  Idaho, 
and  the  Territories  of  Alaska  and  Hawaii ;  the  armament  officer  being 
the  commanding  officer  of  Benicia  Arsenal. 


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The  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Kentucky,  Michigan,  Wis- 
consin, Minnesota,  Iowa,  Missouri,  Kansas,  Nebraska,  South  Dakota, 
North  Dakota,  Montana,  and  Wyoming;  the  armament  officer 
being  the  commanding  officer  of  Rock  Island  Arsenal. 

70.  Alteration  and  improvement  of  the  seacoast  armament  and 
its  equipment  and  of  the  mobile  artillery  and  its  equipment  in  the 
possession  of  the  army  and  the  organized  militia  will  be  made  by  the 
seacoast  armament  officers  and  the  mobile  artillery  armament  offi- 
cers, respectively,  as  directed  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  and  in  accord- 
ance with  the  methods  prescribed  in  orders  issued  from  the  War 
Department.     The  seacoast  armament  and  the  batteries  of  mobile 
artillery  will  be  inspected  by  armament  officers  or  other  officers  of 
the  Ordnance  Department  from  time  to  time,  in  accordance  with 
orders  issued  from  the  War  Department,  to  ascertain  that  they  are 
properly  cared  for  and  in  an  efficient  service  condition. 

71.  The  care  and  preservation  of  ordnance  property  issued  to  other 
organizations  than  the  army  and  the  organized  militia  will  be  at  the 
expense  of  the  educational  institution,  home,  etc.,  to  which  it  has 
been  issued. 

ARTICLE  V. 

REQUISITIONS  FOR  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

See  A.  R.  1530,  1531,  1534,  1535,  1536,  and  1537,  as  amended,  of  1908,  and  para- 
graphs 114  and  115  of  the  regulations  governing  the  organized  militia. 

72.  Requisitions  for  seacoast  cannon  and  their  carriages,  saluting 
guns,  subcaliber  guns,  and  subcaliber  and  drill  cartridges,  telescopic 
sights,   fire-control  instruments,   fuses,   powders    (except   saluting), 
projectiles,  and  fixed  ammunition  for  the  equipment  of  the  seacoast 
armament  will  be  made  by  artillery  district  ordnance  officers,  through 
artillery  district  commanders,  on  the  chief  ordnance  officers  of  the 
department  concerned,  who  will  forward  these  requisitions  to  the 
Chief  of  Ordnance;  but  in  the  Philippines  Division  these  requisitions 
will  be  forwarded  to  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  that  division;  and 
in  the  Department  of  California  and  the  Department  of  the  Colum- 
bia such  of  these  requisitions   as  pertain  to  target  practice  ammu- 
nition  will   be   forwarded   to   the   commanding   officer   of   Benicia 
Arsenal. 

73.  Requisitions  for  articles  for  mechanical  maneuvers,  seacoast 
targets  and  target  accessories  and  supplies,  articles  for  drafting  and 
photoprinting  purposes,  pressure  gauges   and  their  parts  and  acces- 
sories, components  of  saluting  rounds,  primers,  dummy  cartridges, 
dummy  projectiles  and  the  extractors  therefor,  and  such  other  articles 
of  ordnance  property  as  are  required  to  equip  the  seacoast  armament, 


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except  those  articles  otherwise  provided  for  in  paragraphs  72  and  74 
of  these  regulations,  will  be  made  by  artillery  district  ordnance 
officers,  through  artillery  district  commanders,  on  the  chief  ordnance 
officer  of  the  department  concerned.  When  a  chief  ordnance  officer 
of  a  department  receives  a  requisition  he  will  examine  it  carefully  to 
ascertain  if  the  quantities  of  the  articles  required  have  been  author- 
ized and  will  only  approve  the  requisition  for  the  authorized  kinds 
and  quantities,  and  after  approval  he  will  forward  the  requisition  to 
the  arsenal  or  other  ordnance  establishment  previously  designated  by 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance  as  the  one  authorized  to  make  the  issue ;  but  in 
the  Philippines  Division  all  such  requisitions  will  be  forwarded  to 
the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  that  division  for  the  appropriate  action. 

Requisitions  will  be  submitted  in  duplicate,  in  order  that  one  copy 
may  be  retained  at  department  headquarters. 

Requisitions  for  annual  and  semiannual  allowances  shall  be  made 
within  a  period  of  ten  days  after  the  close  of  each  half  year. 

Requisitions  for  parts,  for  sights,  and  fire-control  instruments, 
furnished  by  the  Ordnance  Department,  will  show  the  serial  number 
and  the  date  of  manufacture  of  the  article  for  which  the  part  is 
desired. 

74.  A.  R.  1556  makes  a  seacoast  armament  officer  responsible  for 
the  maintenance  of  the  armament,  and,  therefore,  requisitions  for  the 
following  articles  of  ordnance  property  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
seacoast    armament    will   be   made   by    artillery    district    ordnance 
officers,   through   artillery  district  commanders,   on  the  armament 
officer  of  the  district  concerned: 

(a)  Accessories   and  spare  parts  for  seacoast   cannon   and   their 
carriages,  and  for  instruments  for  the  fire-control  system; 

(b)  Lamps,  lamp  sockets,  switches,  conduits,  conductors,  connec- 
tions, and  other  parts  of  the  firing,  illumination,  and  power  circuits 
installed  on  seacoast  carriages  and  the  fire-control  system; 

(c)  Machines,    tools,    and   supplies   for   installed   ordnance   repair 
shops  and  tools  furnished  by  the  Ordnance  Department  for  engineer 
power  plants; 

(d)  Cleaning,  preserving,  and  repairing  supplies  consisting  of  oils, 
paints,  stencils,  etc.,  for  the  maintenance  of  seacoast  cannon  and 
their   carriages,    instruments   for   the  fire-control  system,    and   the 
preservation  and  marking  of  projectiles,  cartridge-storage  cases,  etc., 
and 

(e)  Such  other  parts,  accessories,  implements,  and  equipments  as 
are  required  for  the  maintenance  of  the  installed  armaments. 

75.  When  field  artillery  troops  are  in  garrison,  or  in  the  field  in  time 
of  peace,  requisitions  for  mountain,  field,  and  siege  cannon  and  their 
carriages,  limbers,   caissons,  forge  and  battery   wagons,   and  other 


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artillery  vehicles,  saluting  guns,  fire-control  instruments,  fuse  setters, 
subcaliber  and  drill  cartridges,  and  ammunition  (except  subcaliber 
and  saluting),  for  mountain,  field,  and  siege  cannon,  will  be  made  by 
the  commanding  officers  of  batteries,  through  post  or  camp  com- 
manders, on  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  the  department  concerned, 
who  will  forward  these  requisitions  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance;  but  in 
the  Philippines  Division  these  requisitions  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
chief  ordnance  officer  of  that  division,  and  in  the  Department  of 
California  and  the  Department  of  the  Columbia  such  of  these  requisi- 
tions as  pertain  to  target  practice  ammunition  will  be  forwarded  to 
the  commanding  officer  of  Benicia  Arsenal  for  the  appropriate  action. 

76.  Requisitions  for  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  that  are  not 
standard  articles  of  issue,   and  for  quantities  of  standard  articles 
when  it  is  expressly  stated  that  they  are  required  in  excess  of  the 
prescribed  allowances,  will  be  forwarded  by  the  chief  ordnance  offi- 
cers of  departments  and  armament  officers  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance; 
but  in  the  Philippines  Division  such  requisitions  will  be  forwarded 
to  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  the  division  for  the  appropriate  action. 
Chief  ordnance  officers  and  armament  officers  are  required,  before 
forwarding  such  requisitions,  to  obtain  full  information  of  the  neces- 
sity therefor,  unless  the  requisition  already  furnishes  the  desired 
information. 

77.  When  troops  are  in  garrison,  or  in  the  field  in  time  of  peace, 
requisitions  for  such  articles  of  ordnance  property  as  are  not  expressly 
provided  for  in  the  preceding  paragraphs  of  these  regulations  will  be 
made  by  commanding  officers  of   organizations   and  post  or  regi- 
mental ordnance  officers,  through  commanding  officers  of  posts  or 
camps,  on  the  chief  ordnance  officers  of  the  departments  in  which  the 
troops  are  located.     Authorized  issues  thereon  will  be  made,  as  far 
as  practicable,  from  any  stores  that  may  be  on  hand,  and  the  extent 
to  which  they  have  been  filled  will  be  indicated  thereon. 

When  requisitions  have  been  received  by  the  chief  ordnance  officer 
of  a  department  he  will  not  approve  them  except  for  the  quantities 
authorized  by  existing  orders  and  the  instructions  contained  in 
pamphlets  and  supply  tables  published  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 
When  the  requisitions  referred  to  in  this  paragraph  shall  have  been 
acted  on  by  a  chief  ordnance  officer  they  will  be  sent  to  the  following 
arsenals  to  be  filled : 

(a)  Requisitions  from  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  the  Department 
of  the  East,  to  the  commanding  officer  of  New  York  Arsenal  or 
Watervliet  Arsenal,  depending  upon  the  locality,  except  that  requi- 
sitions for  small  arms  may  be  sent  to  the  commanding  officer  of 
Springfield  Armory ;  and  that  requisitions  for  components  of  saluting 


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ammunition  (except  powder)  and  small- arms  ammunition  may  be 
sent  to  the  commanding  officer  of  Frankford  Arsenal:  for  mobile 
artillery  targets  and  target  accessories  and  supplies,  to  the  com- 
manding officer  of  Rock  Island  Arsenal;  and  for  saluting  powder,  to 
the  commanding  officer  of  Picatinny  Arsenal; 

(b)  Requisitions  from  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  the  Department 
of  the  Gulf,  to  the  commanding  officer  of  Augusta  Arsenal,  except 
that  requisitions  for  mobile  artillery  targets  and  target  accessories 
and  supplies  will  be  sent  to  the  commanding  officer  of  Rock  Island 
Arsenal ; 

(c)  Requisitions  from  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  the  Department 
of  Texas,  to  the  commanding  officer  of  San  Antonio  Arsenal,  except 
that  requisitions  for  mobile  artillery  targets  and  target  accessories 
and  supplies  will  be  sent  to  the  commanding  officer  of  Rock  Island 
Arsenal; 

(d)  Requisitions  from  the  chief  ordnance  officers  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  Columbia  and  the  Department  of  California,  to  the  com- 
manding officer  of  Benicia  Arsenal; 

(e)  Requisitions  from  the  chief  ordnance  officers  of  the  Department 
of  the  Colorado,  the  Department  of  Dakota,  the  Department  of  the 
Lakes,  and  the  Department  of  the  Missouri,  to  the  commanding  officer 
of  Rock  Island  Arsenal;  and 

(/)  Requisitions  from  chief  ordnance  officers  of  the  departments 
in  the  Philippines  Division,  to  the  commanding  officer  of  Manila  Ord- 
nance Depot;  except  that  where  there  are  ordnance  depots  directly 
under  a  department  commander  the  requisitions  may  be  filled,  in 
whole  or  in  part,  from  such  depot. 

78.  When  a  requisition  has  been  received  by  the  commanding 
officer  of  an  arsenal  or  other  ordnance  establishment,  as  contemplated 
by  the  preceding  paragraphs  of  these  regulations,  he  is  not  authorized 
to  fill  it  except  to  the  extent  authorized  by  existing  orders  and  in 
accordance  with  the  supply  tables  and  the  instructions  published  by 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

If  a  requisition  has  been  approved  by  a  chief  ordnance  officer  of  a 
department  and  transmitted  to  the  commanding  officer  of  an  arsenal 
to  be  filled,  which  requires  the  issue  of  articles  of  ordnance  property 
in  excess  of  the  prescribed  allowances,  or  for  any  other  reason  it  can 
not  be  filled  as  approved,  he  will  forward  the  requisition  to  the  Chief 
of  Ordnance  with  report  of  the  action  taken  by  him  thereon. 

If  a  requisition  has  been  received  by  the  commanding  officer  of  an 
arsenal  requiring  properly  the  issue  of  articles  of  ordnance  property 
which  can  not  be  procured  at  that  arsenal,  the  commanding  officer 
will  fill  the  requisition  as  far  as  it  is  practicable  for  him  to  do  so,  and 
will  then  forward  it,  or  abstracts  thereof,  to  the  arsenal  or  arsenals 


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charged  with  the  procuring  of  such  articles  of  ordnance  property  with 
request  that  the  commanding  officers  thereof  make  the  issue  directly 
to  the  organization  requiring  the  property. 

79.  When  mountain,  field,  or  siege  cannon  and  their  carriages  and 
other  artillery  vehicles,  sights,  implements,  equipments,  fire-control 
instruments,   harness,   etc.,    constituting   the   equipment   of  mobile 
artillery  batteries,  are  in  need  of  repairs  requiring  the  services  of 
skilled  mechanics  of  the  Ordnance  Department,   the  commanding 
officer  of  the  battery  concerned  will  submit  a  report  to  the  armament 
officer  of  the  district,  describing  the  character  and  extent  of  the  repairs 
required  and  the  cause  of  the  damaged  condition  of  each  article. 
Upon  receipt  of  such  reports,  the  armament  officer  will  cause  the 
repairs  to  be  made,  furnishing  for  the  purpose  such  skilled  mechanics 
and  materials  as  may  be  required,  and  will  inform  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  battery  in  advance  of  the  probable  date  on  which  the 
mechanics  will  arrive,  and  will  instruct  the  latter  to  report  in  person 
upon  their  arrival,  to  this  officer.     The  commanding  officer  of  the 
battery  will,  in  the  absence  of  an  officer  of  the  Ordnance  Department, 
keep  a  record  of  the  hours  worked  each  day  by  each  man,  and,  on 
completion  of  the  repairs,  will  forward  a  time  report  of  the  time  to 
the  armament  officer  showing  the  date  and  hour  of  arrival  of  each 
mechanic  and  the  manner  in  which  he  conducted  himself  while  on 
duty. 

If  the  repairs  can  not  be  made  at  the  post,  or  if  they  are  of  such 
slight  character  as  not  to  justify  the  expense  of  sending  a  mechanic 
to  the  post,  the  commanding  officer  of  the  battery  is  authorized  to 
ship  directly  to  the  commanding  officer  of  Rock  Island  Arsenal  for 
repair,  any  article  of  such  limited  weight  as  may  be  transported 
through  the  mails,  or  by  express  at  the  minimum  rate;  except  that 
in  the  Philippines  Division  the  article  requiring  repairs  will  be  mailed 
to  the  commanding  officer  of  Manila  Ordnance  Depot.  If  the  repairs 
are  very  considerable,  or  if  they  involve  work  on  articles  which  are 
too  bulky  to  be  shipped  as  above  described,  the  armament  officer  will 
request  the  department  commander  to  direct  the  shipment  to  an 
arsenal  or  depot,  to  be  designated  by  the  armament  officer  for  the 
purpose. 

80.  When  field  artillery  troops  are  serving  in  the  field  in  time  of 
war,  and  the  material  of  a  battery  is  in  need  of  repairs  requiring  the 
services  of  skilled  mechanics  of  the  Ordnance  Department,  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  battery  concerned  will  submit  a  report,  either 
orally  or  in  writing,  to  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  the  division,  expe- 
dition, etc.,  describing  the  character  and  extent  of  the  repairs  required 


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and  the  cause  of  the  damaged  condition  of  each  article.  The  chief 
ordnance  officer  of  the  division,  expedition,  etc.,  will  have  the  repairs 
made  by  mechanics  assigned  to  him  for  this  work. 

81.  When  troops  are  in  the  field  in  time  of  war,  requisitions  for 
such  articles  of  ordnance  property  as  may  be  needed  by  the  com- 
manding officers  of  organizations  or  by  regimental  ordnance  officers 
will  be  made  through  immediate  commanders  on  the  chief  ordnance 
officer  of  the  army,  army  corps,  division,  expedition,  etc.,  concerned, 
who  will  provide  for  making  the  appropriate  issues  from  the  ordnance 
train  or  depot  directly  under  his  charge.     If  the  immediate  command- 
ers have  reserve  or  surplus  ordnance  stores  under  their  charge,  they 
will  provide  for  making  the  authorized  issues  as  far  as  practicable  and 
will  report  on  the  requisitions  the  quantities  so  issued.     When  the 
troops  so  operating  are  organized  into  divisions  it  will  rarely  be  neces- 
sary for  requisitions  of  this  character  to  be  acted  upon  by  the  chief 
ordnance  officer  of  an  army,  army  corps,  etc.,  as  the  chief  ordnance 
officer  of  a  division  will  generally  have  sufficient  quantities  of  ord- 
nance property  to  provide  for  needed  issues  at  any  time. 

When  troops  are  engaged  in  active  operations  against  an  enemy, 
requisitions  may  be  submitted  orally  on  the  ordnance  officer  whose 
facilities  for  making  prompt  issues  are  the  greatest,  without  requiring 
requisitions  to  pass  through  immediate  commanders.  Whenever 
practicable  in  such  cases  the  requiring  officer  will  submit  his  requisi- 
tion in  the  form  of  an  invoice  and  receipt,  each  in  duplicate,  covering 
transfer  of  the  articles  desired,  which  will  provide  for  a  more  expe- 
ditious issue  of  the  property. 

82.  When  a  commanding  officer  of  an  arsenal  or  ordnance  depot 
requires  a  supply  of  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  to  be  procured 
from   an   arsenal  or   other  ordnance   establishment,  he  will  make 
requisition  on  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  for  the  quantities  of  the  articles 
he  desires,  giving  in  full  on  the  requisition  the  necessity  for  the  pro- 
posed transfer  of  the  property. 

But  in  time  of  war  or  other  pressing  emergency,  a  commanding 
officer  of  an  ordnance  depot  or  chief  ordnance  officer  of  an  army,  army 
corps,  division,  expedition,  etc.,  may  make  requisition  for  the  quan- 
tities of  ordnance  property  he  desires  directly  on  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  arsenal  or  ordnance  establishment  at  which  such  articles 
are  ordinarily  procured  or  stored.  In  such  cases  the  requiring  officer 
will  immediately  furnish  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  with  a  copy  of  the 
requisition  that  he  has  so  made. 

83.  Requisitions  as  provided  for  in  the  preceding  paragraphs  of 
these  regulations  will  be  made,  when  submitted  in  writing,  for  all 
articles  of  ordnance  property  pertaining  to  the  armament  and  equip- 


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ment  of  the  field  artillery  and  foot  and  mounted  troops  on  Form  No. 
386,  and  for  the  articles  constituting  the  seacoast  armament  on 
Form  No.  388.  When  in  cases  of  emergency  requisitions  are  made 
by  telegraph  the  telegram  will  give,  as  far  as  practicable,  the  infor- 
mation called  for  on  the  forms  herein  mentioned. 

84.  Requisitions  from  commanding  officers  of  organizations  will 
not  be  submitted  for  articles  of  ordnance  property  unless  the  quan- 
tities on  hand  are  below  the  published  requirements  of  their  author- 
ized strength,  or  the  requisition  is  accompanied  by  a  certified  copy 
of  the  inspection  report,  or  the  report  of  a  surveying  officer,  showing 
the  condemnation  or  destruction  of  the  property  which  it  is  desired 
to  replace  by  the  quantities  required.     Requisitions  will  not  be  sub- 
mitted for  articles  to  replace  such  articles  as  are  merely  worn  or 
unsightly  which  have  not  been  condemned  or  destroyed. 

When,  in  time  of  war  or  other  emergency,  a  requisition  can  not 
be  prepared  in  accordance  with  the  preceding  conditions,  the  imme- 
diate commander  through  whom  the  requisition  passes  will  certify 
on  the  requisition  that  the  property  which  it  is  desired  to  replace  is 
so  unserviceable  that  it  is  held  awaiting  the  action  of  an  inspector 
or  a  surveying  officer.  If  the  requisition  is  made  by  telegraph  refer- 
ence to  this  inspection  will  be  made  therein.  Requisitions  of  this 
character  will  not  be  approved  by  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  de- 
partments, divisions,  etc.,  unless  they  are  satisfied  that  an  emer- 
gency actually  exists. 

85.  Requisitions  for  articles  of  ordnance  property  will  show  defi- 
nitely and  exactly  the  total  quantities  on  hand  at  its  date  of  all  the 
articles  desired,  for  which  purpose  two  columns  are  provided  on  the 
requisitions  headed,  respectively,  " Serviceable "  and  "Worn  out," 
and  all  the  articles  on  hand  will  be  regarded  as  coming  under  one  or 
the  other  of  these  headings. 

86.  Post  and  regimental  commanders,  and  other  immediate  com- 
manders, will  scrutinize  requisitions  carefully  before  acting  on  them, 
and  they  will  keep  themselves  informed  by  frequent  inspections  as 
to  the  state  of  the  armament  and  equipment  of  each  organization  of 
their  commands. 

87.  Requisitions  for  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  required  by 
governors  of  States  and  Territories,  or  the  commanding  general  of 
the  militia  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  for  the  use  of  their  organized 
militia,  will  be  prepared  on  Form  No.  390,  and  forwarded  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  through  the  Chief  of  the  Division  of  Militia  Affairs. 

When  the  organized  militia  participates  in  field  exercises  or  maneu- 
vers with  regular  troops,  requisitions  prepared  on  Form  No.  386,  for 


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the  appropriate  blank  ammunition  and  components  thereof,  will  be 
made  by  the  officers  thereof,  on  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  the 
maneuver  camp.  When  the  organized  militia  is  mustered  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States  requisitions  from  the  officers  thereof  will 
be  made  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  governing  the  making  of 
requisitions  by  officers  of  the  Regular  Army. 

88.  When  mountain,  field,  or  siege  cannon,  and  their  carriages  and 
other  artillery  vehicles,  sights,  implements,  fire-control  instruments, 
harness,  etc.,  constituting  the  equipment  of  mobile  artillery  batteries 
in  the  possession  of  the  organized  militia  of  the  several  States,  Terri- 
tories, and  the  District  of  Columbia  are  in  need  of  repairs  requiring 
the  services  of  skilled  mechanics  of  the  Ordnance  Department,  the 
commanding  officer  of  the  battery  concerned  will  submit,  through 
military  channels,  to  the  governor  of  the  State  or  Territory,  or  the 
commanding  general  of  the  militia  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  a 
report  describing  in  detail  the  character  and  extent  of  the  repairs 
required  and  the  cause  of  the  damaged  condition  of  each  article.  If 
this  request  meets  with  the  approval  of  the  governor  of  the  State  or 
Territory,  or  the  commanding  general  of  the  militia  of  the  District 
of  Columbia,  he  will  forward  the  report  to  the  Secretary  of  War, 
through  the  Chief  of  the  Division  of  Militia  Affairs,  War  Depart- 
ment, with  the  request  that  the  repairs  be  made  by  the  Ordnance 
Department  and  the  cost  charged  to  the  allotment  to  the  State  or 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  under  section  1661,  Revised 
Statutes,  as  amended.  Upon  receipt  of  such  request,  approved  by 
the  Secretary  of  War,  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  will  give  instructions  to 
the  mobile  artillery  armament  officer  to  have  the  repairs  made,  and 
upon  their  completion  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  will  report  the  cost  to 
the  Secretary  of  War. 

When  the  armament  officer  shall  have  received  instructions  from 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance  to  make  the  repairs  to  a  militia  battery  he 
will  communicate  directly  with  the  commanding  officer  of  the  battery 
and  arrange  for  making  the  repairs  at  a  convenient  time,  and  will 
also  inform  this  officer  of  the  probable  number  of  men  required  to 
assist  the  mechanics  designated  to  make  the  repairs.  If  the  com- 
manding officer  of  a  battery  is  unable  to  furnish  men  to  assist  the 
mechanics,  the  necessary  labor  will  be  employed  by  the  armament 
officer  for  the  purpose.  The  commanding  officer  of  the  battery,  in 
the  absence  of  the  armament  officer,  will  supervise  the  work  done  by 
the  mechanics,  keep  a  record  of  the  number  of  hours  worked  each 
day  by  each  mechanic,  and  upon  completion  of  the  work  will  for- 
ward the  time  record  to  the  armament  officer,  with  a  statement 
showing  the  date  and  hour  of  arrival  of  each  mechanic  and  the  man- 
ner in  which  he  conducted  himself  while  on  duty. 
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If  the  governor  of  a  State  or  Territory,  or  the  commanding  general 
of  the  militia  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  desires  to  have  the  repairs 
paid  for  out  of  other  than  United  States  funds,  he  is  authorized  to 
make  request  directly  on  the  armament  officer  of  the  district  in  which 
the  battery  is  located.  Upon  receipt  of  this  request  the  armament 
officer  will  submit  to  the  governor  or  the  commanding  general  an 
estimate  of  the  cost  of  the  repairs  and  request  remittance  of  the  funds 
required.  Upon  receipt  of  the  funds  the  repairs  will  be  made,  and 
when  they  shall  have  been  completed  the  governor  or  the  command- 
ing general  will  be  furnished  with  an  itemized  statement,  in  duplicate, 
of  the  cost  thereof,  and  any  unexpended  balance  of  funds  will  be 
returned.  The  armament  officer  making  the  repairs  will  report  to 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance  in  detail  the  character  and  extent  of  the  repairs 
and  the  serial  numbers  of  the  guns  and  vehicles  to  which  the  repairs 
were  made,  including  a  copy  of  the  itemized  statement  of  their  cost. 

89.  Requisitions  from  presidents  of  educational  institutions,  or 
governors  or  superintendents  of  state  soldiers  and  sailors  orphans' 
homes,  for  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  will  usually  be  made  in  the 
form  of  a  letter  addressed  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  and  these  appli- 
cations must  have  the  approval  of  the  governor  of  the  State  in  which 
the  institution  or  home  is  located.  When  the  request  is  for  ordnance 
stores  for  state  or  territorial  institutions,  or  state  soldiers  and  sailors 
orphans'  homes,  the  original  application  is  required  to  be  accompa- 
nied by  a  certificate  of  the  secretary  of  the  State  or  Territory,  or 
other  proper  officer,  that  the  institution  was  established  by,  and  is 
under  the  supervision  and  control  of  the  State  or  Territory. 

Blank  forms  for  the  execution  of  bonds  are  of  four  kinds,  Form 
No.  1417,  when  the  principal  and  sureties  are  individuals;  Form 
No.  1418,  when  the  principal  is  a  corporation  and  the  sureties  are 
individuals;  Form  No.  1419,  when  the  principal  is  an  individual  and 
the  surety  is  a  corporation;  Form  No.  1420,  when  both  principal  and 
surety  are  corporations. 

When  the  president  of  the  institution,  or  governor  of  the  home, 
shall  have  indicated  the  kind  of  bond  that  he  will  furnish,  the  Chief 
of  Ordnance  will  prepare  it  for  execution  by  the  principal  and  the 
surety  or  sureties.  Upon  return  of  the  bond  and  its  acceptance,  the 
stores  enumerated  will  be  issued. 

Requisitions  for  the  authorized  allowance  of  ammunition  for  target 
practice  and  the  instruction  of  the  students  at  educational  institu- 
tions and  inmates  of  the  homes  are  not  required  to  be  accompanied 
by  the  bond  referred  to  in  the  preceding  part  of  this  paragraph. 

Detailed  instructions  in  regard  to  the  conditions  under  which  ord- 
nance property  may  be  issued  to  educational  institutions  and  state 


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soldiers  and  sailors  orphans'  homes,  character  of  the  stores  so  issued, 
etc.,  are  published  from  time  to  time  in  orders  from  the  Wai- 
Department. 

90.  Requisitions  for  envelopes,  and  letter  and  note  paper  having 
printed  headings,  required  at  arsenals  and  other  ordnance  establish- 
ments, will  be  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  not  later  than 
April  15  of  each  year;  and  requisitions  for  the  blank  forms,  blank 
books,  and  other  printed  matter  will  be  forwarded  not  later  than 
June  1  of  each  year.     These  requisitions  will  be  prepared  on  Form 
No.  389,  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed  thereon. 

Requisitions  will  be  made  for  only  the  actual  quantities  desired 
throughout  the  succeeding  fiscal  year,  for  when  issues  are  made  pro- 
viding for  a  longer  period  than  one  year  it  is  probable  that  many  of 
the  blank  forms  issued  will  become  obsolete  before  they  shall  have 
been  utilized  for  the  purposes  for  which  they  were  authorized. 

When  the  supply  of  blank  forms,  stationery,  etc.,  is  found  to  be 
insufficient  for  the  needs  of  the  remainder  of  a  fiscal  year,  an  addi- 
tional requisition  will  be  submitted  on  Form  No.  389  to  provide  for 
the  desired  quantities.  In  this  case  the  heading  of  the  blank  form 
will  be  modified  to  show  that  the  quantities  desired  are  for  the 
remainder  of  the  year  only,  and  the  heading,  "  Number  used  during 
the  year  just  ended  "  will  be  modified  to  read  " Number  used  during 
the  year  to  date,"  and  the  entries  made  accordingly. 

91.  Pamphlets   descriptive   of   the   various   articles   of   ordnance 
property  are  issued  directly  to  the  service  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance 
on  their  publication,  in  accordance  with  orders  issued  from  the  War 
Department.     Applications   for  such  pamphlets   pertaining   to   the 
branch  of  the  service  to  which  an  officer  belongs  may  be  made  by 
him  for  his  individual  use.     When  an  officer  makes  application  for  a 
pamphlet  and  he  has  already  been  supplied  with  one  of  the  same 
edition,  the  application  will  be  accompanied  by  an  explanation  of 
the  reason  for  the  additional  one  or  showing  the  disposition  of  the 
one  already  furnished  him. 

Requisitions  or  applications  for  the  various  blank  forms  furnished 
by  the  Ordnance  Department  will  be  made  directly  to  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance  by  the  officers  using  them,  except  that  in  the  Philippines 
Division  applications  will  be  made  directly  to  the  chief  ordnance 
officer  of  the  division;  but  when  troops  are  operating  in  the  field,  in 
time  of  war,  applications  for  these  forms  will  be  made  to  the  chief 
ordnance  officer  of  the  division,  expedition,  etc.,  to  which  the  requir- 
ing officer  belongs. 

Applications  for  blank  forms  will  state  in  detail  the  quantity  of  each 
form  desired,  based  upon  the  needs  of  each  fiscal  year;  when  appar- 


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ently  excessive  quantities  are  requested,  the  request  will  be  accom- 
panied by  an  explanation  showing  the  need  for  the  quantities  desired. 
Applications  for  forms  to  constitute  a  return  of  ordnance  property 
will  be  based  on  the  kind  of  ordnance  property  for  which  the  officer 
or  other  person  is  accountable. 

Applications  for  blank  forms  may  be  made  by  the  post  or  regi- 
mental ordnance  officers  on  behalf  of  the  officers  of  the  post  or 
regiment  using  them,  but  in  these  cases  the  application  is  required  to 
show  the  quantities  of  the  forms  on  hand  in  the  possession  of  the 
officers  using  them. 

92.  Officers  and  other  custodians  of  ordnance  property,  in  prepar- 
ing requisitions  for  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  are  required  to 
describe   the   articles   called   for  in   accordance  with   the  standard 
nomenclature,  which  will  obviate  any  misunderstanding  on  the  part 
of  issuing  officers  in  regard  to  the  articles  actually  needed  and  prevent 
any   delay  in   making  issues   which  would   ordinarily   result   from 
incorrectly  naming  the  articles  required. 

In  view  of  the  restrictions  placed  on  transportation-  companies 
covering  the  shipment  of  powder  and  other  ammunition,  requisitions 
will  be  submitted  sufficiently  far  in  advance  of  the  actual  need  of 
these  articles  and  of  other  articles  of  ordnance  property  called  for 
thereon,  so  that  they  will  reach  the  requiring  officer  at  the  proper 
time  and  by  the  most  economical  means  of  transportation. 

ARTICLE  VI. 
TRANSFERS  OF  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

See  A.  R.  462,  667,  668,  669,  670,  671,  672,  673,  674,  675,  676,  677,  681,  915, 1549,  1550, 
1552, 1553,  1554,  1555,  1556,  1557,  1559,  1562,  1563,  1564,  1565,  1566  of  1908,  and  para- 
graphs 111,  114,  116,  and  121  of  the  regulations  governing  the  organized  militia. 

93.  When  troops  are  in  garrison  or  in  the  field  in  time  of  peace, 
transfers  of  ordnance  property  to  them  from  arsenals  and  other 
ordnance  establishments  are  based  on  approved  requisitions,  and  on 
orders  for  supplies  given  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance ;  and  from  ordnance 
depots  under  a  division  and  department  commander,  on  approved 
requisitions,  and  on  orders  given  by  a  division  or  department  com- 
mander through  the  chief  ordnance  officer;  and  from  post  ordnance 
officers,  on  approved  requisitions  and  on  orders  of  the  post  commander. 

94.  When  troops  are  operating  in  the  field  in  time  of  war,  transfers 
of  ordnance  property  to  them  are  based  on  requisitions  approved  by  or 
orders  given  by  the  general  or  field  officer  commanding  an  army,  gar- 
rison, or  detachment,  or  by  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  an  army, 


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army  corps,  or  division.  Such  transfers  will  be  made  from  ordnance 
depots  under  the  command  or  control  of  the  officer  approving  the 
requisition  or  giving  the  order. 

95.  Transfers  of  ordnance  property  between  arsenals  or  ordnance 
depots  are  made  on  the  order  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

96.  Transfers  of  ordnance  property  to  the  organized  militia  from 
arsenals  and  other  ordnance  establishments  are  made  on  requisitions 
approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  to  educational  institutions, 
state  soldiers  and  sailors  orphans'  homes,  the  District  of  Columbia, 
posts  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  soldiers'  monument  asso- 
ciations, etc.,  on  requests  approved  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

97.  Transfers  of  surplus  serviceable  ordnance  property  from  troops 
in  garrison  and  from  post  ordnance  officers  to  arsenals,  if  in  sufficient 
quantities  to  warrant  separate  shipments,  are  made  on  the  order  of 
a  department  commander,  and  to  an  ordnance  depot  on  the  order  of 
the  general  officer  in  whose  command  the  depot  is  located.     Small 
quantities  of  such  articles  on  hand  in  an  organization  are  turned  in 
to  the  post  ordnance  officer. 

98.  Transfers  of  surplus  serviceable  ordnance  property  between 
organizations  at  a  post  and  between  the  post  ordnance  officer  and  the 
commanding  officers  of  organizations  at  the  post  are  made  by  order 
of  the  post  commander.     Transfers  of  surplus  serviceable  ordnance 
property  between  posts  in  a  department  are  made  on  the  order  of  the 
department  commander. 

99.  Transfers  of  cannon  and  carriages  pertaining  to  the  seacoast 
armament  will  not  be  made  between  posts,  except  by  the  authority 
of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

100.  When  troops  are  operating  in  the  field,  transfers  of  surplus 
serviceable  ordnance  property  between  organizations  or  between  or- 
ganizations and  officers  having  charge  of  reserve  supplies  are  made  on 
the  order  of  the  general  or  field  officer  in  whose  command  the  organi- 
zation or  officers  affected  are. 

101.  When  canteens  and  haversacks  have  been  transferred  to  an 
organization  and  marked  as  required  by  A.  R.  290,  they  will  be 
retained  in  the  organization  until  they  shall  have  been  rendered  un- 
serviceable, except  in  time  of  war,  when  they  may  be  transferred  to 
another  organization  for  its  use  on  the  order  of  the  regimental  com- 
mander or  higher  authority.     Canteens  and  haversacks  received  by 
an  organization  will  not  be  marked  by  the  designations  thereof  until 
they  are  actually  required  for  the  equipment  of  enlisted  men. 


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102.  Exchange  of  ordnance  property  arising  from  improvements 
made  therein  between  troops  and  the  arsenals  or  ordnance  depots 
will  be  provided  for  in  orders  issued  by  the  War  Department. 

103.  Transfers  of  ordnance  property  between  governors  of  States 
and  Territories  and  the  commanding  general  of  the  militia  of  the 
District  of  Columbia  for  the  use  of  their  organized  militia  are  made 
on  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

104.  Transfers  of  unserviceable  ordnance  property  in  possession  of 
troops  in  garrison  or  of  post  ordnance  officers,  but  not  in  the  Philip- 
pines Division,  which  has  been  condemned  and  ordered  turned  into 
a  depot  will  be  made  as  follows :  * 

(a)  Field  artillery  ammunition  and  small  arms  ammunition  and 
their  components,  to  Frankford  Arsenal; 

(6)  Small  arms,  hand  arms,  and  their  parts  and  appendages,  to 
Benicia  Arsenal,  Rock  Island  Arsenal,  or  Springfield  Armory,  depend- 
ing upon  the  cost  of  transportation  involved ; 

(c)  Personal  equipments  of  the  soldier,  horse  equipments,  artillery 
harness,  and  other  articles  of  ordnance  property  composed  principally 
of  leather,  to  Rock  Island  Arsenal. 

(d)  The  remaining  articles  of  condemned  ordnance  property,  not 
including  those  covered  by  A.  R.  921,  in  the  Department  of  the  East, 
to  Watervliet  Arsenal;  in  the  Department  of  the  Gulf,  to  Augusta 
Arsenal;  in  the  Department  of  Texas,  to  San  Antonio  Arsenal;  in 
the  Department  of  the  Colorado,  the  Department  of  Dakota,  and  the 
Department  of  the  Lakes,  to  Rock  Island  Arsenal ;  and  in  the  Depart- 
ment of  California  and  the  Department  of  the  Columbia,  to  Benicia 
Arsenal. 

105.  Transfers  of  unserviceable  ordnance  property,  in  the  posses- 
sion of  troops  in  garrison  in  the  Philippines  Division,  which  has  been 
condemned  and  ordered  turned  in  to  a  depot,  will  be  shipped  to  the 
Manila  Ordnance  Depot. 

106.  When  ordnance  property  ordered  destroyed  contains  rings, 
buckles,  and  other  trimmings  of  brass,  they  will  be  cut  off  by  enlisted 
labor  before  destruction  of  the  property  and  shipped  to  Rock  Island 
Arsenal,  except  in  the  Philippines  Division,  where  they  will  be  shipped 
to  the  Manila  Ordnance  Depot. 

107.  When  condemned  ordnance  property  ordered  turned  in  to 
an  arsenal  or  depot  (except  small  arms,  hand  arms,  and  personal  and 
horse  equipments,  which  will  first  be  turned  in  to  the  post  ordnance 
officer  as  required  by  A.  R.  915)  weighs,  when  packed  for  transpor- 
tation, less  than    100   pounds,   it  will  be   transferred   to  the  post 

*  NOTE. — In  this  connection  see  War  Department  Circular  No.  79  of  1909. 


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ordnance  officer  to  be  shipped  by  him  when  the  accumulation  of 
property  intended  for  the  same  arsenal  or  depot  shall  equal  or  exceed 
100  pounds;  but  when  the  means  of  transportation  are  owned  by 
the  Government  condemned  property,  with  the  exceptions  above 
mentioned,  will  not  be  turned  over  to  the  post  ordnance  officer,  but 
will  be  shipped  at  such  times  as  will  be  most  convenient  for  the 
public  service. 

108.  When  troops  are  operating  in  the  field  in  time  of  war,  transfers 
of  unserviceable  ordnance  property  which  has  been  condemned  and 
ordered  turned  in  to  a  depot  will  generally  be  made  to  the  nearest 
ordnance  depot. 

109.  When  ordnance  property  has  been  condemned  and  directed 
to  be  turned  in  to  an  arsenal  or  ordnance  depot,  care  will  be  taken 
in  packing  it  to  prevent  it  from  becoming  more  unserviceable  by 
injury  in  transportation. 

110.  When  ordnance  property  in  the  possession  of  the  organized 
militia  has  become  unserviceable  or  unsuitable,   the  law  requires 
that  it  shall  be  surveyed  by  a  disinterested  officer  of  the  organized 
militia  and  that  the  report  of  survey  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  who  shall  direct  what  disposition  shall  be  made  of  the 
property.     Such  property  will  be  transferred  to  the  commanding 
officer  of  an  arsenal  if  such  disposition  is  directed  by  the  Secretary 
of  War.     When  unserviceable  or  unsuitable  ordnance  property  in 
possession  of  the  organized  militia  is  exchanged  for  other  property 
so  as  to  uniformly  arm  and  equip  the  organized  militia  as  provided 
for  by  law,  such  unserviceable  or  unsuitable  property  will  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  commanding  officers  of  arsenals  designated  for  the 
purpose.     When  authorized  repairs  to  field  artillery  material  in  the 
possession  of  the  organized  militia  can  not  be  made  at  the  station 
of  the  battery  by  ordnance  mechanics,  the  articles  required  to  be 
repaired  will  be  shipped  to  the  appropriate  arsenal  on  the  order  of 
the  ordnance  officer  in  charge  of  the  territorial  district  in  which  the 
battery  is  located;  when  authorized  alterations  are  required  to  be 
made  in  field  artillery  material  in  the  possession  of  the  organized 
militia,  the  articles  requiring  alteration  may  be  sent  by  the  Chief 
of  Ordnance  to  the  proper  arsenal  for  the  purpose   and  at  such  a 
time  as  would  be  most  convenient  to  the  proper  state  authorities. 

111.  When  a  department  commander  directs,  under  A.  R.  1555, 
that  machine  guns  and  their  mounts  and  accessory  equipments, 
small  arms,  hand  arms,  and  arm  racks  be  turned  in  to  an  arsenal 
for  repair,  the  machine  guns  and  their  mounts  and  parts  will  be 
shipped  to  Springfield  Armory  and  their  pack  outfits  to  Rock  Island 
Arsenal;  the  arm  racks  will  be  shipped  to  Rock  Island  Arsenal,  and 


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the  small  arms  and  hand  arms  (through  the  post  ordnance  officer) 
to  Benicia  Arsenal,  Rock  Island  Arsenal,  or  Springfield  Armory, 
depending  upon  the  transportation  involved;  but  in  the  Philippines 
Division  all  such  articles  will  be  shipped  to  the  Manila  Ordnance 
Depot. 

When  a  department  commander,  under  the  same  regulation, 
directs,  on  the  request  of  an  armament  officer,  that  articles  con- 
stituting the  mobile  or  seacoast  artillery  be  sent  to  an  arsenal  for 
repair,  the  latter  will  designate  in  his  request  the  arsenal  to  which 
the  article  should  be  shipped. 

112.  Transfers  of  fired  cartridge  cases  for  cannon  and  small  arms, 
bandoleers,  empty  packing  boxes  for  caliber  .30  (model  of  1906) 
ammunition,  and  clips,  in  the  possession  of  troops  and  other  custo- 
dians of  ordnance  property,  to  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots,  are 
made  as  provided  for  in  orders  issued  by  the  War  Department. 

113.  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  issued  to  or  received 
from  an  authorized  custodian  of  such  property,  such  as  an  officer  of 
the  army,  governor  of  a  State,  president  of  an  educational  institu- 
tion, etc.,  the  transaction  will  be  fully  described  on  blank  Form  No. 
146.     This  form  will  give  the  name  of  the  officers  or  agents,  or  their 
official  titles,  between  whom  the  transactions  occurred,  the  method 
of  shipment  of  the  property,  and  the  authority  for  the  transfer. 
The  quantities  and  articles  transferred  will  be  duly  described  under 
the  heading  " Articles"  on  this  blank  form,  in  accordance  with  the 
standard  nomenclature  and  prescribed  classification,  the  part,  class, 
and   section   of   each  group   of   articles   being   stated   immediately 
above  it. 

When  a  transfer  of  articles  involves  their  shipment,  the  box,  package, 
and  crate  numbers  will  be  stated  in  the  column  "No.  of  boxes"  and 
opposite  the  description  of  the  articles  packed,  crated,  etc.,  so  as  to 
clearly  indicate  the  box,  crate,  etc.,  in  which  the  articles  have  been 
packed;  the  numbers  of  the  boxes,  packages,  crates,  etc.,  will  be 
summarized  and  stated  on  the  blank  form  immediately  below  the 
description  of  the  articles;  and  the  total  weight  of  the  shipment  will 
be  given  in  the  column  provided  for  the  purpose.  The  date  the 
property  is  transferred,  or  the  date  on  which  it  is  prepared  for  ship- 
ment, is  the  date  of  the  invoicing  of  the  property,  and  will  be  so 
stated  on  the  blank  form.  When  the  transfer  involves  shipment,  the 
name  of  the  invoicing  officer,  or  of  the  arsenal  or  depot,  date  of 
invoice,  numbers  of  the  boxes,  and  the  name  and  address  of  the 
officer  to  whom  the  property  is  shipped,  which  are  required  by  A.  R. 
1565  to  be  marked  on  each  box,  crate,  etc.,  will  be  stated  in  the 
space  reserved  for  the  purpose.  This  form,  when  thus  prepared 
and  signed  by  the  transferring  or  issuing  officer,  or  other  cus- 


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todian  of  ordnance  property  constitutes  an  INVOICE  of  ordnance 
property  and  a  VOUCHER  to  the  return  of  the  receiving  officer, 
and  is  required  to  accompany  it.  For  the  purpose  of  record 
and  accountability  five  copies  only  are  needed,  but  when  shipments 
are  made  the  number  required  by  A.  R.  1566  will  be  prepared.  Two 
copies  of  the  form  signed  by-  the  issuing  officer  and  two  copies  un- 
signed, accompanied  by  the  shipping  list  described  in  A.  R.  1566, 
will  be  mailed  to  the  receiving  officer  so  as  to  reach  him,  if  prac- 
ticable, before  the  receipt  of  the  articles  transferred.  (See  illustra- 
tion below.) 

FORM  No.  146. 
Authorized  June  23,  1899. 

TRANSFER  OF  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 


From  Col.  S.  T.  Robbins,  Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A.,  at  Rock  Island  Arsenal,  111 

to  Commanding  Officer,  Co.  L,  13th  Infy.,  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans 

per  Quartermaster  at  Rock  Island  Arsenal,  111 

in  conformity  with*  G.  0.  No.  62,  W.  D.,  of  1906 

*Authority  for  transfer  of  the  property  must  be  shown  here.    See  A.  R.  700  and  1542  of  1908. 


No.  of  boxes. 


Articles. 


Part  I,  Class  VII,  Section  5. 
24  bayonet  scabbards,  model  of  1905. 

Part  I,  Class  IX,  Section  1. 

3  canteens. 

5  canteen  straps,  web. 

11  cartridge  belts,  cal.  .30,  infantry,  model  of  1903. 
50  cartridge  boxes,  McKeever,  cal.  .30. 
/65  gun  slings,  model  of  1907. 


\20  waist  belts. 


Part  I,  Class  X,  Section  S. 


2  hand  axes,  intrenching. 

3  shovels,  intrenching. 

Part  I,  Class  X,  Section  9. 
1  company  repair  kit,  model  of  1903  rifle. 

Part  I,  Class  X,  Section  10. 
1  company  chest  of  cleaning  material,  complete. 
1  box,  1  crate,  2  packages 


4®=This  property  must  be  accounted  for  on  returns  rendered  to  THE 
CHIEF  OF  ORDNANCE,  U.  S.  ARMY.  (See  Pars.  697,  704,  705,  and  i r><;7, 
A.  R.  of  1908.) 


Weight. 


350  Ibs. 


(The  marks  on  the  several  packages  covered  by  the 
invoice  will  be  given  in  this  space.  See  A.  R. 
1565  of  1908.) 


Invoiced  the  21st  day  of  July,  1909.  « 

S.  T.  ROBBINS,  £>"£ 

Col,  Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A.,  Issuing  Officer.        gj 


IT.  S.  Nos.  1  to  4,  inc.    Invoiced  July  21,  1909. 
From  Rock  Island  Arsenal,  111. 

To  The  Commanding  Officer, 
Company  L,  13th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A., 
Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans. 

Received  the 

* 

For  RECEIPT  only. 

[No  signature  required  here.] 
Receiving  Officer. 

Issuing  officer's             Receiving  officer's 
voucher                            voucher 

No.  300.                          No.  . 

STORES  received  for  transportation  this  day  of 
,19-. 

Quartermaster. 

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114.  When  a  transfer  of  ordnance  property  involves  its  shipment , 
the  invoicing  officer  is  required  to  prepare  a  shipping  list  giving  the 
contents  of  each  box,  crate,  or  package  constituting  the  shipment  and 
to  forward  it  to  the  receiving  officer  with  the  duplicate  invoices  and 
receipts  mentioned  in  the  preceding  paragraph.     When  the  notation 
on  the  invoice  of  the  property  indicates  clearly  the  contents  of  each 
box,  crate,  etc.,  the  shipping  list  will  be  omitted.     In  the  case  of 
minor  articles  of  ordnance  property,  such  as  spare  parts  for  small  arms, 
hardware,  etc.,  the  shipping  list  need  not  give  in  detail  the  quanti- 
ties of  each  kind  of  these  articles,  but  will  refer  to  the  contents  in 
general  terms  so  as  to  indicate  clearly  to  the  receiving  officer  the 
character  of  the  contents  of  the  boxes  so  packed. 

115.  When  chests  or  boxes  containing  pistols,  revolvers,  or  other 
valuable  stores  are  shipped  from  an  ordnance  establishment,  they 
will  be  sealed  by  using  steel  strips  of  the  following  approximate 
dimensions:   Length,    3J    inches;    width,    five-eighths    inch;    thick- 
ness, 0.02  inch,  with  three  saw  teeth  near  each  end  three-eighths 
inch  long  and  one-eighth  inch  wide.     At  least  two  such  strips  for 
both  top  and  bottom  will  have  the  points  of  one  end  driven  into 
sealing  recesses  on  opposite  sides  and  folded  over  the  edge  in  such 
manner  that  the  other  end  may  be  driven  into  sealing  recesses  in  the 
sides  of  the  boxes.     Each  recess  will  then  be  filled  with  wax  and  a 
seal  impression  imprinted  therein  showing  the  ordnance  establish- 
ment or  the  person  preparing  the  shipment.     In  using  these  sealing 
strips,  care  must  be  taken  that  the  edges  do  not  project  and  become 
liable  to  dislodgment.     Sealing  strips  of  proper  dimensions  will  be 
furnished  by  the  commanding  officer,  Springfield  Armory,  on  requi- 
sition. 

116.  When  the  transfer  of  ordnance  property  from  an  ordnance 
establishment  involves  shipment,  the  contents  of  each  box  or  chest 
will  be  given  on  one  of  the  ends  of  each  box;  but  when  a  box  con- 
tains quantities  of  numerous  kinds  of  articles  a  brief  description  only 
of  the  contents  will   be  stated,   as   "  saddlery  hardware/'    " spare 
parts,"  etc.,  and  when  it  contains  pistols  or  revolvers  the  quantity 
thereof  will  not  be  stated.     When  a  transfer  of  ordnance  property 
from  other  posts  or  stations  involves  shipment,  a  brief  description 
only  of  the  contents  of  each  box  will  be  stated  on  the  end  thereof. 
All  boxes,  crates,  and  packages  of  ordnance  property,  prior  to  ship- 
ment, will  be  stenciled  with  the  " Shell  and  flame"  to  provide  for 
its  easy  separation  from  the  property  of  the  other  departments  of 
the  army. 

117.  When  a  receiving  officer  receives  all  of  the  ordnance  property 
in  voiced,  to  him,  he  will  sign  the  receipt  in  duplicate,  giving  the  place 


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and  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  property,  and  return  the  two  copies  to 
the  issuing  officer,  which  constitute  VOUCHERS  to  his  returns  and  are 
required  to  accompany  them.  When  a  receiving  officer  does  not 
receive  all  the  articles  of  ordnance  property  invoiced  to  him,  or  in 
the  condition  as  stated  on  the  invoice,  he  will  receipt  for  only  the 
quantities  actually  received  and  according  to  their  condition,  the 
missing  property  or  discrepancy  being  covered  as  provided  for  in 
paragraph  156  of  these  regulations. 

118.  When  an  officer  is  acting  in  a  capacity  which  requires  him  to 
be  accountable  for  ordnance  property  and  he  is  relieved  from  this 
duty  prior  to  the  receipt  of  property  which  has  been  invoiced  to  him 
%  name,  his  successor  is  required  to  receive  and  receipt  for  such 
property;  but  in  order  to  avoid  the  complications  resulting  from 
invoicing  property  to  an  officer  by  name  it  is  preferable  that  the 
property  be  invoiced  to  him  in  accordance  with  his  official  title,  or 
capacity  in  which  he  is  serving,  as  "  Commanding  Officer,  Company  K, 
24th  Infantry/'  "  The  Ordnance  Officer,  Fort  Niagara,  N.  Y." 

119.  When  enlisted  men  are  transferred  to  or  from  posts  or  sta- 
tions and  carry  with  them  personal  equipments  or  other  ordnance 
property,  or  are  indebted  to  the  United  States  for  such  equipments 
or  property  at  the  time  of  the  transfer,  a  description  of  the  articles 
will  be  entered  on  Form  No.  152  and  the  appropriate  vouchers  will 
be  prepared  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed  on  this 
blank  form.     When  this  form  has  been  executed  to  contain  the  re- 
ceipt of  the  enlisted  man,  it  constitutes  a  VOUCHER  to  the  return  of 
the  issuing  officer,  and  is  required  to  accompany  it.     When  this 
form  has  been  executed  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  organiza- 
tion to  which  the  enlisted  man  is  transferred  or  assigned,  it  consti- 
tutes a  VOUCHER  to  his  return,  but  he  is  required  by  A.  R.  1552  to 
immediately  forward  this  receipt  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

120.  Whenever  badges,  medals,  or  other  insignia  pertaining  to  the 
Ordnance  Department,  are  issued  to  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  en- 
titled thereto  the  certificate  of  the  issuing  officer  showing  that  he  has 
actually  made  the  issue,  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  authority 
for  such  issue,  or  with,  ike  approval  of  the  issue  by  the  department  or 
brigade   commander  indorsed  on  the   certificate,   will   constitute   the 
VOUCHER  on  which  the  property  will  be  dropped  from  the  return  of 
the  accountable  officer,  which  it  is  required  to  accompany. 

121.  When   articles   of  ordnance  property   are  transferred   to   a 
bureau  or  executive  department  by  the  commanding  officer  of  an 
ordnance  establishment,  vouchers  will  be  prepared  as  in  cases  of 
issues,  and  the  receipt  of  the  officer  receiving  the  property  will  con- 


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stitute  a  VOUCHER  to  the  return  of  the  issuing  officer,  but  a  notation 
will  be  made  on  this  voucher  that  settlement  for  the  property  trans- 
ferred will  be  effected  through  the  Treasury  Department. 

122.  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  transferred  by  the 
commanding  officer  of  an  ordnance  establishment  to  a  contractor 
for  the  performance  of  a  contract  with  the  United  States,  vouchers 
will  be  prepared  as  in  the  case  of  issues,  and  the  receipt  of  the  con- 
tractor receiving   the  property  will  constitute  a  VOUCHER  to   the 
return  of  the  issuing  officer.     This  voucher  will  give  in  detail  the 
value  of  the  property,  and  the  issuing  officer  is  required  to  furnish 
the  officer  charged  writh  the  inspection  of  the  property  with  a  copy 
of  the  invoice  as  a  basis  for  deducting  the  value  of  the  property  from 
any  payments  due  under  the  contract. 

123.  When  militia  organizations  are  mustered  out  of  the  service 
of  the  United  States,  the  ordnance  property  in  their  possession  will 
be  transferred  to  the  mustering-out  officer,  or  to  an  ordnance  officer 
designated  for  the  purpose,  but  if  the  militia  organizations  previ- 
ously constituted  part  of  the  organized  militia  of  any  State,  Terri- 
tory, or  the  District  of  Columbia,  this  ordnance  property,  or  a  part 
thereof,  may  be  transferred  to  the  governor  or  to  the  commanding 
general  by  the  reverse  of  the  method  prescribed  in  A.  R.  462  when 
the  organized  militia  is  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States;   provided   this    disposition   of   the   property    is   specifically 
authorized  in  each  case  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

124.  When  ordnance  property  is  transferred   to  places  without 
the  United  States,  the  cost  prices  of  the  articles  transferred  will  be 
stated  on  the  invoices. 

125.  When  cannon,  carriages,  limbers,  caissons,  instruments  for 
fire  control,  telescopic  sights,  etc.,  having  serial  numbers,  are  trans- 
ferred, a  copy  of  each  invoice  covering  such  transfer  will  be  mailed 
on  shipment  of  the  property  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.     When  ord- 
nance property  has  been  transferred  to  an  executive  department  of 
the  Government,  to  a  staff  department  of  the  army,  or  to  a  governor 
of  a  State  or  Territory,  which  involves  a  settlement  by  the  Treasury 
Department  for  the  property  so  transferred,  a  copy  of  each  receipt 
for  the  property  so  transferred  is  also  required  to  be  mailed  to  the 
Chief  of  Ordnance. 

126.  Ordnance  property  will  not  be  transferred  on  memorandum 
invoice  and  receipt,  except  the  authorized  equipment  of  the  modern 
seacoast  armament,  which  may  be  thus  transferred  between  artillery 
district  ordnance  officers  of  a  district    and   between  post  ordnance 


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officers  of  the  same  district;  and  mechanics'  tools  which  may  be 
transferred  by  an  armament  officer  to  the  ordnance  officer  of  the  post 
at  which  they  may  be  required  in  the  alteration  and  repair  of  artillery 
material,  and  in  such  other  cases  as  may  be  specially  authorized  by 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

When  a  transfer  of  responsibility  for  ordnance  property  held  on  a 
memorandum  receipt  is  made,  the  outgoing  officer  will  be  relieved 
from  further  responsibility  for  the  property  on  submitting  to  the  ac- 
countable officer  a  memorandum  receipt,  signed  by  his  successor, 
covering  all  the  property  so  transferred. 

ARTICLE  VII. 
PURCHASES   OF   ORDNANCE   PROPERTY. 

See  A.  R.  697  of  1908. 

127.  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  purchased  and  paid 
for  at  an  ordnance  establishment,  they  are  reported  on  a  monthly 
abstract  of  purchases,  which  will  be  prepared  on  Forms  Nos.  219  and 
220,  the  former  being  the  outside  sheet  and  the  latter  the  inside  sheet 
of  the  abstract.     The  quantities  of  the  articles  described  on  this 
abstract  are  required  to  be  carried  to  the  proper  return,  less  those 
quantities  which  have  been  reported  thereon  as  having  been  con- 
sumed or  expended.     This  abstract  will  be  prepared  and  forwarded 
to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed 
on  the  outside  sheet,  and  only  such  quantities  of  articles  will  be 
reported  as  having  been  expended  on  the  abstract  as  are  authorized 
by  the  printed  instructions.     The  abstract  of  purchases  is  a  VOUCHER 
to  the  property  return,  but  is  not  required  to  accompany  it. 

128.  When   articles  of  ordnance  property   are  purchased  under 
proper  authority  by  an  artillery  district  or  post  ordnance  officer, 
payment  to  be  made  by  a  disbursing  officer  of  the  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment, the  purchasing  officer  is  required  to  prepare  an  abstract  of  the 
purchases  made  by  him  and  to  forward  it  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance 
through  the  disbursing  officer  making  the  payment. 

The  disbursing  officer,  on  receipt  of  this  abstract,  will  verify  the 
same  with  his  accounts  and  note  in  the  proper  columns  the  vouchers 
on  which  payment  was  made,  and  forward  the  abstract  with  his 
accounts. 

On  receipt  of  this  abstract  in  the  Ordnance  Office,  the  officer  who 
made  the  purchases  will  be  charged  with  the  accountability  for  the 
property  purchased ;  but  if  the  abstract  gives  the  name  of  some  other 
officer  than  the  purchasing  officer  as  the  accountable  officer,  then  in 
that  case  the  officer  named  will  be  charged  with  the  accountability. 


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In  this  case  the  abstract  of  purchases  is  a  VOUCHER  to  the  return 
of  the  artillery  district  or  post  ordnance  officer,  but  is  not  required  to 

accompany  it. 

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129.  The  purchase  of  ordnance  property  by  the  governor  of  a 
State  or  Territory  or  the  commanding  general  of  the  militia  of  the 
District  of  Columbia,  or  by  any  of  their  agents,  for  the  use  of  the  or- 
ganized militia,  to  be  paid  from  appropriations  made  therefor,  is  not 
authorized. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

MANUFACTURE   OF   ORDNANCE   PROPERTY. 

130.  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  manufactured  at  an 
ordnance  establishment,  they  are  reported  on  the  monthly  report  of 
operations,  which  will  be  prepared  on  Forms  Nos.   1243  and  1244 
and  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  in  accordance  with  the 
methods  prescribed  in  the  instructions  printed  on  the  outside  sheet. 

When  an  allotment  of  funds  is  made  for  the  manufacture  of  speci- 
fied quantities  of  articles,  the  report  of  operations  for  the  month  in 
which  the  articles  manufactured  are  reported  as  completed  will,  in 
connection  with  the  preceding  reports  of  operations  under  this  allot- 
ment, show  the  manufacture  of  the  entire  quantities  of  the  articles 
authorized  by  the  allotment.  When  for  any  reason  these  reports  do 
not  show  the  completion  of  the  quantities  authorized,  an  explanation 
is  required  to  accompany  the  final  report  of  operations  on  which  the 
allotment  is  stated. 

The  report  of  operations  is  a  VOUCHER  covering  the  articles  manu- 
factured during  the  month,  but  it  is  not  required  to  accompany  the 
return  to  which  it  pertains. 

131.  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  procured  under  a 
contract  made  by,  or  under  an  order  given  by,  the  Chief  of  Ordnance, 
the  quantities  of  the  articles  so  procured  are  required  to  be  reported 
on  a  certificate  of  inspection  and  receipt,  which  will  be  prepared  on 
Form  No.  1066,  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed  thereon. 

When  a  contract  or  order  is  so  descriptive  of  articles  as  to  require 
that  they  be  accompanied  by  parts,  accessories,  implements,  equip- 
ments, etc,  such  parts,  accessories,  etc.,  are  required  to  be  accounted 
for  separately  from  the  articles  to  which  they  pertain,  in  accordance 
with  the  standard  nomenclature,  and  in  such  cases  the  certificate  of 
inspection  and  receipt  is  required  to  be  accompanied  by  a  list  of  such 
parts,  accessories,  etc.,  in  order  that  the  accountability  for  the  articles 
so  procured  may  be  properly  covered. 

When  property  is  received  by  an  officer  of  the  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment from  a  bureau  or  executive  department,  or  when  property  is 


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purchased  which  involves  payment  by  the  Auditor  for  the  War 
Department,  a  certificate  of  inspection  and  receipt  will  be  prepared 
on  Form  No.  1066,  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed 
thereon. 

The  certificate  of  inspection  and  receipt  constitutes  a  VOUCHER 
for  the  articles  described  thereon,  and  a  copy  of  each  is  required  to  be 
made  to  accompany  the  return  to  which  it  pertains. 

ARTICLE  IX. 
SALES  OF  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

See  A.  R.  360,  615,  616,  621,  622,  683,  684,  685,  1537,  1538,  1543,  and  1561  of  1908, 
and  paragraphs  58,  59,  and  60  of  the  regulations  governing  the  organized  militia. 

132.  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  sold  during  a  month 
they  are  reported  and   the  proceeds  of    sale  accounted   for  on  an 
abstract  of  sales  for  the  month,  which  is  prepared  on  Forms  Nos.  272 
and  273,  the  former  being  the  outside  sheet  and  the  latter  the  inside 
sheet,  and  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  in  accordance  with 
the  instructions  printed  on  the  outside  sheet.     Sales  made  during  a 
month  must  be  reported  on  an  abstract  of  sales  for  that  month.    The 
abstract  of  sales  is  a  VOUCHER  to  the  property  return  for  the  period 
in  which  the  sale  was  made,  but  is  not  required  to  accompany  it. 

133.  When  sales  of  serviceable  ordnance  property  are  made,   a 
certificate  will  be  required  from  the  purchaser,  which  will  be  pre- 
pared on  Form  No.  147,  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed 
on  the  outside  of  this  form,  in  order  that  this  certificate  may  show 
that  the  sale  was  made  as  provided  for  by  law  and  regulations.    This 
certificate  will  be  filed  by  the  selling  officer. 

134.  When  sales  of  condemned  ordnance  stores  are  made  by  a  com- 
manding officer  of  an  arsenal  or  ordnance  depot  they  will  be  made 
as  provided  for  in  orders  issued  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.     When 
sales  of  like  property  are  made  by  post,  regimental,  or  other  ordnance 
officers  the  sales  will  be  made  in  accordance  with  special  instruc- 
tions  given   by   the   department   or   corps   commander,   or   higher 
authority,  under  whose  direction  the  property  was  condemned.    The 
advertisement  covering  the  sale  of  the  property  will  be  prepared  on 
Form  No.  561,  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed  thereon. 

135.  Sales    of    condemned    ordnance    property    by   governors   of 
States  and  Territories,  and  by  the  commanding  general  of  the  militia 
of  the  District  of  Columbia,  will  be  made  in  accordance  with  in- 
structions given  by  the  Secretary  of  War;  and  the  advertisement 
covering  the  sale  of  the  property  will  bo  prepared  on  Form  No.  561, 
in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed  thereon. 


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136.  The  proceeds  of  the  sales  of  ordnance  property  are  required 
to  be  deposited  by  the  officer  who  will  account  for  the  funds,  within 
thirty  days  after  their  receipt,  in  an  authorized  United  States  de- 
positary to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  on  account 
of  " Sales  of  ordnance  stores,"  and  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  will  be 
notified  of  the  deposit  in  accordance  with  the  method  prescribed  in 
A.  R.  616.    When  there  are  expenses  in  connection  with  the  sale,  a 
sufficient  amount  of  the  proceeds  thereof  may  be  retained  to  make  the 
appropriate  disbursements  to  cover  these  expenses. 

137.  The  sale  of  serviceable  ordnance  property  by  governors  of 
States  and  Territories,  and  by  the  commanding  general  of  the  militia 
of  the  District  of  Columbia,  to  members  of  the  organized  militia  is 
not  authorized.     The  sale  of  serviceable  ordnance  property  by  the 
Ordnance    Department    to    individual    members    of    the    organized 
militia  is  prohibited  by  paragraph  118  of  the  regulations  governing 
the  organized  militia. 

ARTICLE  X. 

ACCUMULATIONS,  RECOVERIES,  ETC.,  OF  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

See  A.  R.  697  of  1908. 

138.  When  ordnance  property,   such  as  scrap  and  other  waste 
products  arising  from  manufacturing  operations,  accumulates  at  an 
arsenal  or  other  ordnance  establishment,  CERTIFICATES  will  be  pre- 
pared from  time  to  time  and  signed  by  the  commanding  officer  giving 
the  quantities  of  the  articles  which  have  accumulated  and  relating  the 
circumstances  under  which  the  accumulation  occurred.     This  cer- 
tificate constitutes  a  VOUCHER  to  the  return  covering  the  period  in 
which  the  accumulation  occurred,  and  is  required  to  accompany  it. 

139.  When  ordnance  property  is  received  by  an  officer  or  other 
custodian  of  ordnance  property,  which  is  not  covered  by  an  invoice 
and  not  previously  accounted  for,  a  CERTIFICATE  will  be  prepared  and 
signed  by  the  officer,  giving  the  quantities  of  the  articles  so  received 
and  stating  the  circumstances  of  their  receipt;  if  an  invoice  of  the 
property  so  received  should  later  be  furnished,  it  will  be  substituted 
for  the  certificate.     This  certificate  constitutes  a  VOUCHER  to  the 
return  covering  the  period  in  which  the  property  was  received,  and, 
in  the  absence  of  the  invoice,  is  required  to  accompany  it. 

140.  When,  on  the  taking  of  an  inventory,  or  at  any  other  time 
when  it  is  apparent  to  the  responsible  officer,  property  is  found  on 
hand  in  excess  of  that  which  is  carried  on  the  returns,  a  CERTIFICATE 
will  be  prepared  and  signed   by  the  responsible  officer  stating  the 
quantities  of  the  surplus  property  and  relating  the  circumstances 
which  gave  rise  to  the  taking  up  of  the  property.     This  certificate 


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constitutes  a  VOUCHER  to  the  return  covering  the  period  in  which  the 
property  was  found,  and  is  required  to  accompany  it. 

141.  When  ordnance  property  which  has  been  lost,  abandoned, 
etc.,  has  been  recovered  by  an  officer,  or  other  custodian  of  ord- 
nance property,  he  is  required,  if  the  name  of  the  responsible  officer 
can  be  ascertained,  to  turn  the  property  over  to  him.    If  the  property 
can  not  be  thus  disposed  of,  the  officer  finding  the  property  is  required 
to  prepare  a  CERTIFICATE  giving  the  quantities  of  the  articles  found 
or  recovered  by  him  and  relating  the  circumstances  under  which  the 
finding  or  recovery  was  made.    This  certificate  constitutes  a  VOUCHER 
to  the  return  covering  the  period  in  which  the  property  .was  found  or 
recovered,  and  is  required  to  accompany  it. 

When  ordnance  property  which  has  been  lost  or  abandoned,  etc., 
has  been  recovered  by  an  officer,  an  enlisted  man,  or  a  civilian  em- 
ployee, who  are  not  accountable  for  ordnance  property,  they  will 
turn  over  the  property  to  an  officer  who  is  accountable  for  such 
property  and  who  is  required  to  account  for  it  as  provided  for  in  this 
paragraph. 

It  is  important  when  ordnance  property  is  found  that  the  circum- 
stances in  connection  with  the  recovery  shall  be  fully  related,  in  order 
that  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  may,  in  the  settlement  of  his  return,  be 
in  a  position  to  give  credit  to  the  proper  officer  for  the  property  so 
found  or  recovered.  For  every  article  of  ordnance  property  found  .or 
recovered  there  must  be;  under  these  regulations,  a  responsible  and 
an  accountable  officer,  and  therefore  it  is  important  that  all  circum- 
stances in  connection  with  the  case  be  fully  related;  otherwise  an 
officer  may  be  charged  with  the  loss  of  property  which  is  still  in  the 
possession  of  the  United  States. 

142.  When   military   stores   similar    to    those   furnished   by    the 
Ordnance  Department  have  been  captured  from  an  enemy,  or  found 
upon  being  abandoned  by  him,  the  officer  securing  the  property  will 
turn  it  over  to  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  the  army,  army  corps,  or 
division,  or  to  the  ordnance  officer  of  the  regiment,  or  detachment, 
operating  against  the  enemy.     The  officer  turning  over  the  property 
will  furnish  the  receiving  officer  a  brief  report  of  the  capture  or  finding, 
together  with  a  list  of  the  stores,  in  order  that  the  circumstances  in 
connection  with  the  capture  or  finding  may  be  made  a  part  of  the 
record  of  the  property  so  captured  or  found.     This  property  is  re- 
quired to  be  accounted  for,  and  the  report  and  list  of  stores  will 
constitute  a  VOUCHER  requiring  the  receiving  officer  to  account  for 
the  property,  and  is  required  to  accompany  the  return  to  which  it 
pertains.     The  property  so  captured  or  found  will  be  turned  into 
the  nearest  ordnance  depot,  unless  it  can  be  used  in  operation  against 
the  enemy. 

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ARTICLE  XI. 

EXPENDITURE  OF  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

See  A.  R.  310,  358,  701,  703,  1545,  1546,  1547,  and  1548  of  1908. 

143.  Certain  articles  of  ordnance  property  are   consumed   or  ex- 
pended in  the  military  service  in  the  care  and  preservation  of  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores,  etc.,  in  the  instruction  of  troops,  and  in  con- 
ducting manufacturing  operations  at  the  arsenals  and  other  ordnance 
establishments.     In    addition,    ammunition    may    be    expended    in 
action,  in  defense  of  life  or  public  property,  in  carrying  out  the 
prescribed  duties  of  sentinels,  and  for  the  authorized  salutes.     Ex- 
pendable articles  are  those  which  are  authorized  to  be  dropped  from 
a  return  on  a  certificate  or  statement  of  the  responsible  officer  that 
they  have  been  expended  or  consumed  for  an  authorized  purpose, 
without  requiring  any  additional  voucher  to  substantiate  the  trans- 
action.    Ordinarily  a  large  quantity  of  ordnance  property  is  expend- 
able in  the  same  sense  that  it  is  issued  to  the  service  to  be  expended 
for  some  military  purpose,  but  not  all  the  articles  of  such  ordnance 
property  can  be  dropped  from  returns  on  certificates  or  statements  of 
the  responsible  officers. 

144.  The  various  pamphlets  descriptive  of  the  articles  of  ordnance 
property  issued  to  the  service  generally  indicate  the  allowances  of 
cleaning,  repairing,  and  preserving  supplies  which  are  issued  for  these 
purposes,  and  the  various  ordnance  price  lists  indicate  those  articles 
which  may  be  dropped  from  the  returns  of  the  accountable  officers 
on  certificates  that  the   articles  have  been   actually  consumed   or 
expended  for  the  purpose  authorized,  or  worn  out  in  the  military 
service.     The  more  expensive  articles,  such  as  spare  parts  for  cannon, 
etc.,  which  are  issued  to  the  service  for  the  care  and  preservation  of 
ordnance  property,  can  not  be  dropped  from  the  returns  on  certificates 
that  they  have  been  thus  expended,  but  the  corresponding  unservice- 
able articles  must  be  placed  before  an  inspector,  as  provided  for  in  the 
Army  Regulations,  or  otherwise  accounted  for. 

145.  The  allowances  of   small-arms  ammunition  which   may  be 
expended  in  target  practice,  preliminary  instruction  of  the  soldier, 
military  exercises,  and  hunting,  are  published  annually  in  general 
orders  from  the  War  Department.     The  allowances  of  ammunition 
for  target  practice  for  field  artillery  and  coast  artillery  troops  are  also 
published  annually  in  orders  issued  by  the  War  Department.     These 
allowances  are  based  on  appropriations  made  by  Congress  for  the 
purpose. 

146.  When  an  officer   inadvertently  exceeds  the   allowance  pre- 
scribed in  the  orders  for  the  organization  commanded  by  him,  the 
excess  amount  will  be  charged  against  the  allowance  of  this  organiza- 


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tion  for  the  next  year;  but  if  the  allowance  was  exceeded  through 
neglect,  he  will  be  charged  with  the  value  of  the  excess  ammunition 
so  expended. 

147.  The  allowances  of  field-artillery  and  small-arms  ammunition 
for  the  instruction  of  students  at  educational  institutions  and  at 
soldiers  and  sailors  orphans'  homes  are  published  annually  in  orders 
issued  by  the  War  Department.     These   allowances  are  based  on 
appropriations  or  authorizations  made  by  Congress  for  the  purpose. 

148.  There   are    no   prescribed   allowances   of    field-artillery   and 
small-arms  ammunition  for  the  troops  of  the  organized  militia;   but 
when  the  organized  militia  engages  in  target  practice  at  coast  artillery 
posts,   or  participates  in  maneuvers  with  the  Regular  Army,   the 
allowances  of  seacoast-artillery  ammunition,  or  of  field-artillery  and 
small-arms  blank  ammunition  are  published  in  orders  from  the  War 
Department. 

149.  The  various  expenditures  of  ordnance  property  which  have 
been  made  by  commanding  officers  of  organizations,  governors  of 
States  and  Territories  for  the  use  of  the  organized  militia,  of  small- 
arms    ammunition    by    presidents    of   educational    institutions    and 
governors  of  soldiers  and  sailors  orphans'  homes,  are  reported  on 
Form  No.  19,  the  Certificate  of  Expenditures,  which",  when  executed 
in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed  thereon,  constitutes  a 
VOUCHER  to  the  return  of  the  accountable  officer  and  is  required  to 
accompany  it. 

The  certificate  of  expenditures  will  cover  only  such  quantities  of 
the  various  articles  as  have  been  actually  consumed  or  expended  for 
authorized  purposes  during  the  period  of  accountability.  It  is  not, 
therefore,  intended  to  cover  the  dropping  of  articles  which  are  on 
hand  merely  because  they  are  indicated  in  price  lists  as  expendable, 
nor  of  expendable  articles  which  may  be  lost  or  destroyed.  The 
responsible  officer  will  acquaint  himself  with  the  facts  as  to  the 
expenditure  or  consumption  before  signing  the  certificate.  The 
practice  of  reporting  as  having  been  expended  allowances  of  ammuni- 
tion, cleaning,  preserving,  and  repairing  materials  and  supplies,  etc., 
when  such  expenditure  has  not  actually  taken  place,  is  therefore 
forbidden. 

150.  (a)  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  expended  or  con- 
sumed at  an  arsenal  or  other  ordnance  establishment  for  an  author- 
ized purpose,  a  statement  of  expenditures  will  be  prepared  giving 
the  quantities  and  kinds  of  articles  expended  or  consumed  and  the 
purpose  therefor.     Expendable  articles  are  of  two  kinds,  namely, 
those  that  are  consumed  by  the  use  to  which  they  are  put,  as  chem- 
icals, fuel,  forage,  oils,  paints,  etc.,  and  those  converted  by  manu- 
facturing or  similar  operations  into  other  articles  which  must  be 
accounted   for.     An  article  may  belong  to  both  kinds,  depending 


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upon  the  use  to  which  it  is  put.  When  an  oil  is  applied  directly  to 
wood  for  decorative  or  preservative  purposes,  it  belongs  to  the  first 
kind,  but  when  it  is  used  in  the  manufacture  of  paints  it  belongs  to 
the  second  kind.  Articles  of  the  first  kind  are  known  as  "supplies" 
and  those  of  the  second  kind  as  "materials."  The  word  "materials" 
is  a  relative  term,  and  a  finished  manufactured  article  may  itself  be  a 
"material"  entering  into  the  manufacture  of  a  more  complex  article, 
as  when  a  fuze  enters  into  the  manufacture  of  a  projectile.  For  the 
purpose  of  accountability,  however,  expendable  articles  will  be  con- 
sidered under  two  headings,  the  first  heading  relating  to  those  articles 
which  are  expended  or  consumed  at  an  ordnance  establishment  in 
connection  with  the  manufacture,  repair,  or  alteration  of  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores  for  issue  to  the  service ;  and  the  second  heading 
relating  to  articles  expended  or  consumed  for  other  purposes.  The 
responsible  officers  are  not  authorized  to  drop  from  the  returns  arti- 
cles of  expendable  property  except  on  the  submission  of  the  vouchers 
provided  for  or  referred  to  in  this  paragraph. 

(6)  When  ordnance  or  ordnance  stores  have  been  manufactured 
at  an  ordnance  establishment  in  accordance  with  an  allotment  author- 
izing the  work,  the  various  quantities  of  materials  which  have 
entered  into  the  manufacture  will  be  reported,  on  completion  of  the 
work,  on  a  statement  of  expenditures,  as  illustrated  below. 

Statement  of  expenditures  of  materials  at  Waterville  Arsenal  in  the  manufacture  of  4,000 
saddlebags,  which  are  accounted  for  on  the  semiannual  return,  first  division,  for  the 
period  ended  December  31,  1908,  vouchers  Nos.  244,  493,  753,  and  1127;  and  on  the 
semiannual  return,  first  division,  for  the  period  ended  June  30,  1909,  vouchers  Nos. 
314,  515,  and  1167: 

120    Ibs.  cotton  chalk  line 

740    yds.  cotton  drill 

3,200    yds.  cotton  duck 

71£  Ibs.  linen  thread 

30    Ibs. 'machine  thread 

80    Ibs.  shoe  thread 

32,000    buttons  and  eyelets p.  405 

60    Ibs.  iron  tacks. . 


3,456    iron  wood  screws. 


410 


172  Ibs.  nails 

82,000  tubular  rivets  and  caps 

48,000  sq.  ft.  bag  leather,  russet 

50  Ibs.  brown  wax [     p.  415 

9,440  sq.  ft.  collar  leather 

9,400  ft.  pine p.  425 

400  Ibs.  packing  paper p.  439 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  statement  is  correct. 

JOHN  DOK. 
Capt.,  Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A., 

Tn  charge  of  l/armsx  Shop. 
June  30,  1909  Issue  \ Curlier  X.».  2377. 


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The  quantities  and  kinds  of  materials  which  have  been  expended  in 
the  manufacture  of  the  articles  will  be  stated  below  the  heading,  as 
illustrated.  When  the  manufacture  of  guns  or  other  articles  involves 
the  manufacture  of  spare  parts  and  accessories  it  will  not  be  necessary 
to  enumerate  them  in  the  statement,  as  their  accountability  will  be 
provided  for  on  the  report  of  operations.  When  the  articles  manu- 
factured have  been  accounted  for  on  other  returns,  reference  will  be 
made  to  the  voucher  numbers  and  returns  covering  complete  ac- 
countability therefor.  This  statement  is  a  VOUCHER  authorizing  the 
accountable  officer  to  drop  the  quantities  of  materials  reported  on  it. 

When  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  have  been  repaired  at  an  ord- 
nance establishment  in  accordance  with  an  allotment  authorizing  the 
work,  the  various  quantities  of  materials,  including  the  unserviceable 
articles  which  have  entered  into  the  repairs,  will  be  reported  on 
completion  of  the  work  on  a  statement  of  expenditures,  as  illustrated 
below. 

Statement  of  expenditures  of  stores  and  materials,  at  Water  mile  Arsenal,  in  the  repair  of  — 

12,000  gunslings,  model  of  1907,  C.  &  R  .......................     p.    30 

525  revolver  cartridge  boxes,  cal.  .38,  C.  &  R  ..............  1 

660  revolver  holsters,  cal.  .38,  C.  &  R  ....................  |     p.    32 

2,146  McKeever  cartridge  boxes,  cal.  .30,  C.  &  R  .  .  .  .  .......  J 

As  follows: 

12,000  gunslings,  model  of  1907,  Una  .....................     p.    30 

2,146  McKeever  cartridge  boxes,  cal.  .30,  Uns  .......... 

525  revolver  cartridge  boxes,  cal.  .38,  Uns  ............  \     p.    32 

660  revolver  holsters,  cal  .  .38,  Uns  .................. 

15  Ibs.  shoe  thread  ................................ 

26  Ibs.  brass  rivets  ..................................  }     p.  405 

1,100  Ibs.  brass  ...................................... 

7  Ibs.  brown  wax 


6,000    sq.  ft.  collar  leather  '  ' 

7£  Ibs.  gum  tragacanth  ................................  -i  41g 

16    Ibs.  oxalic  acid  ...................................  / 

312    gals,  naphtha  ............  :  .......................  p.  417 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  statement  is  correct. 

JOHN  DOE, 
Capt.,  Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A., 

In  charge  of  Harness  Shop. 

Receipt  Voucher  No.  62. 
May  31,  1909.  Issue  Voucher  No.  72. 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  statement  of  expenditures  that,  in  reporting 
the  making  of  repairs  to  articles  of  ordnance  property,  the  quantities 
of  the  unserviceable  articles  are  treated  in  the  same  way  as  the  quanti- 
ties of  the  serviceable  articles  which  have  entered  into  the  making  of 
the  repairs.  The  statement  will,  therefore,  be  a  VOUCHER  to  the 
return,  requiring  the  responsible  officer  to  account  for  the  repaired 


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articles,  and  authorizing  him  to  drop  the  articles  which  have  entered 
into  their  repair.  When  the  repairs  involve  alterations,  the  state- 
ment of  expenditures  will  not  differ  in  form  from  that  given  on  page 
53.  A  similar  method  will  be  followed  when  articles  of  ordnance 
property  are  overhauled,  since,  for  the  purpose  of  accountability,  there 
is  no  real  difference  between  overhauling  and  repairing. 

When  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  have  been  altered  at  an  ord- 
nance establishment  in  accordance  with  an  allotment  authorizing  the 

O 

work,  the  various  quantities  of  articles  which  have  entered  into  the 
alteration  will  be  reported  on  a  statement  of  expenditures,  as  illus- 
trated below. 

Statement  of  expenditures  of  materials,  at  Waterville  Arsenal,  in  the  alteration  of  500 

McClellan  cavalry  saddles,  as  follows: 

500  adjustable  quarter  straps p.  305 

Removed  from  the  saddles: 
500  coat  straps,  cantle p.  307 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  statement  is  correct. 

JOHN  DOE, 
Capt.,  Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A., 

In  charge  of  Harness  Shop. 

Receipt  Voucher  No.  62. 
May  31,  1909.  Issue  Voucher  No.  75. 

This  form  of  statement  of  expenditures  illustrates  the  method  that 
would  be  followed  in  altering  500  saddles  so  as  to  make  them  conform 
to  the  latest  designs.  A  similar  method  will  be  followed  when  the 
alteration  involves  the  addition  of  any  parts  to  an  article  of  ordnance 
property,  the  accountability  continuing  as  heretofore,  as  when  elec- 
tric motors  are  attached  to  disappearing  gun  carriages.  In  the  pre- 
ceding cases  the  statement  of  expenditures  is  a  VOUCHER  to  the 
return  authorizing  the  responsible  officer  to  drop  the  materials  used 
in  the  making  of  alterations.  However,  when  the  alteration  involves 
the  removal  of  a  part  of  the  article  altered,  the  statement  will  de- 
scribe the  article  removed,  and  in  this  case  the  statement  of  expendi- 
tures will  be  a  VOUCHER  for  the  parts  or  components  removed,  and  the 
responsible  officer  is  required  to  account  for  them. 

When  the  allotments  for  the  manufacture,  alteration,  or  repair  of 
ordnance  or  ordnance  stores  provide  for  the  manufacture,  repair,  or 
alteration  of  definite  quantities,  these  statements  of  expenditures  will 
not  be  submitted  as  property  vouchers  until  all  the  work  authorized 
by  the  allotment  shall  have  been  completed  unless  the  work  so  author- 
ized shall  not  have  been  fully  completed  by  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year, 
in  which  case  vouchers  will  be  submitted  covering  such  materials  as 
have  entered  into  the  manufacture,  repair,  or  alteration  of  the  articles 


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actually  completed  at  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year.  In  case  of  a  stop- 
page of  the  work,  or  an  extended  suspension  thereof  before  its  com- 
pletion, the  responsible  officer  will  submit  as  a  voucher  a  statement  of 
expenditures  covering  the  materials  entering  into  the  manufacture, 
repair,  or  alteration  of  the  articles  which  were  completed  at  the  time 
of  the  stoppage  or  suspension;  in  case  of  a  stoppage,  the  statement 
will  al^o  separately  cover  the  materials  which  have  entered  into  the 
manufacture  of  the  uncompleted  articles,  accompanied  by  a  list  of 
such  articles,  in  order  that  their  accountability  may  be  provided  for. 
When  the  allotments  authorize  the  manufacture,  repair,  or  alteration 
of  indefinite  quantities,  as  in  case  of  allotments  for  contingencies  or 
other  allotments  providing  for  the  repairs  in  general  of  indefinite 
quantities  of  ordnance  or  ordnance  stores,  the  statements  of  expend- 
itures will  be  submitted  for  each  month  to  cover  such  articles  as 
have  been  manufactured,  repaired,  or  altered  during  the  month. 
In  the  case  of  manufactured  articles  the  statement  will  give  the 
voucher  numbers  of  the  report  of  operations  on  which  the  articles 
are  reported. 

When  working  tools,  parts  of  machines,  fixtures  of  a  general  appli- 
cation, etc.,  are  manufactured  at  an  ordnance  establishment  for  the 
purpose  of  maintaining  the  existing  manufacturing  appliances  in  an 
efficient  condition,  the  cost  of  their  manufacture  is  considered  a  shop 
expense  and  is  chargeable  accordingly.  When  such  articles  are  manu- 
factured, a  statement  of  expenditures  of  the  materials  entering  into 
the  manufacture  will  be  prepared  as  illustrated  below. 

Statement  of  expenditures  of  materials  at  Waterville  Arsenal  in  the  manufacture  of  the 
following  working  tools,  parts  of  machines,  fixtures,  etc. ,  required  in  the  maintenance 
of  the  manufacturing  appliances,  during  the  month  of  March,  1909: 


2  6-inch  A.  P.  cap  tools 

3  10-inch  A.  P.  cap  tools 

9  profile  mills 

2  tools,  hognose 

4  reamers,  rose,  various 

3  arbors  for  shell  mill 

10  reamers,  cutter  size 

2  plug  gauges 


2ndD. 


As  follows: 

260  Ibs.  steel,  tool,  bar,  various p.  412 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  statement  is  correct. 

JAMES  STEELE, 
Major,  Ord.  Dept.,  U.S.A., 

In  Charge  of  Machine  Shop. 

Receipt  Voucher  No.  103. 
March  31,  1909.  Issue  Voucher  No.  456. 


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This  statement  will  contain  a  list  of  the  tools,  fixtures,  etc.,  manu- 
factured, and  immediately  below  a  list  of  the  quantities  of  materials 
expended  in  their  manufacture.  This  statement  of  expenditures  will 
cover  such  tools,  fixtures,  etc.,  manufactured  during  a  month  and  is 
a  VOUCHER  to  the  return,  requiring  the  responsible  officer  to  take 
up  the  tools,  fixtures,  etc.,  and  to  drop  the  materials  used  in  their 
manufacture.  However,  when  any  of  the  tools,  fixtures,  etc*,  have 
been  expended  in  the  maintenance  of  *manuf  acturing  appliances  in 
the  month  in  which  they  are  manufactured  they  will  not  be  taken  up 
on  the  return,  but  the  statement  will  have  indicated  thereon  the 
tools,  fixtures,  etc.,  which  have  been  so  expended,  and  only  the 
remaining  tools,  parts,  fixtures,  etc.,  will  be  accounted  for  on  the 
return. 

When  working  tools  and  fixtures  are  manufactured  for  exclusive 
use  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  of  ordnance  property  for 
which  an  allotment  is  made,  the  cost  of  such  working  tools,  fixtures, 
etc.,  is  a  charge  against  the  allotment  authorizing  the  manufacture 
of  the  articles.  When  such  tools  and  fixtures  are  manufactured  a 
statement  of  expenditures  of  the  materials  entering  into  their  manu- 
facture will  be  prepared  as  illustrated  below. 

Statement  of  expenditures  of  materials  at  Waterville  Arsenal  in  the  manufacture  of  the 
following  working  tools,  fixtures,  etc.,  required  in  the  manufacture  of  parts  for  the  3-inch 
field  gun,  model  of  1902: 

9  profile  mills,  various p.  305 

2  hognose  cutters p.  306 

2  formers,  various p.  308 

1  jig  for  drilling  lever  latch  pin  hole p.  310 

As  follows: 

17  Ibs.  steel,  bar,  various 

4  Ibs.  steel,  bar,  tool 

2  Ibs.  steel,  drill  rod p.  407 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  statement  is  correct. 

JAMES  STEELE, 
Major,  Ord.  Dept.,  U.S.  A., 

In  Charge  of  Machine  Shop. 

Receipt  Voucher  No. . 

May  31,  1908.  Issue  Voucher  No. . 

This  statement  will  contain  a  list  of  the  tools,  fixtures,  etc.,  manu- 
factured, and  immediately  below  a  list  of  the  quantities  of  materials 
expended  in  their  manufacture.  This  statement  of  expenditures  is  a 
VOUCHER  to  the  return,  requiring  the  responsible  officer  to  take  up 
the  tools  and  fixtures  and  to  drop  the  materials  used  in  their  manu- 
facture. 


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When  supplies  are  consumed  during  manufacturing  operations  as 
a  part  of  the  necessary  shop  expenses,  a  statement  of  expenditures 
will  be  submitted  as  a  voucher  for  each  month  to  cover  such  supplies 
as  have  been  expended  during  the  month,  as  illustrated  below. 

Statement  of  expenditures  of  supplies  at  Waterville  Arsenal  on  account  of  shop  expenses 
(hiring  the  month  of  November,  1907: 

1  damper,  pipe,  7" p.  250 

550  cards,  tag  board p.  255 

439  Ibs.  castings,  charcoal  iron p.  258 

15ft.  whitewood,  5£"  x  6"  x  12' p.  260 

4  fire  tiles p.  270 

197  Ibs.  nitre,  crude ^ 

150  Ibs.  potassium,  chloride }    P-  275 

28  gal.  gasoline 

17  gal.  oil,  cylinder 

39  gal.  oil,  engine 


200  gal.  oil,  kerosene. 


p.  290 


21  gal.  oil,  lubricating,  lard 

100  gal.  oil,  lard,  mineral 

50  gal.  oil,  neutral 

14  brooms,  corn p.  299 

7  qrs.  carborundum  cloth 

32  qrs.  emery  cloth 


1  qr.  sandpaper.  . . 
25  Ibs.  soap  powder. 
23  Ibs.  sal  soda.  . 


p.  302 


I  certify  that  the  foregoing  statement  is  correct. 

JAMES  SMITH, 
Colonel,  Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A.,  Commanding. 

November  30,  1907.  Voucher  No.  272. 

This  statement  of  expenditures  will  contain  a  list  of  the  quantities 
and  kinds  of  the  supplies  expended  during  the  month.  The  state- 
ment is  a  VOUCHER  to  the  return  and  authorizes  the  responsible 
officer  to  drop  from  his  return  the  quantities  of  the  supplies  so 
expended. 

When  tools,  parts  of  machines,  etc.,  heretofore  accounted  for  on 
the  return  have  been  expended  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  the 
existing  manufacturing  appliances  in  an  efficient  condition,  a  state- 
ment of  expenditures  will  be  submitted  as  a  voucher  for  each  month 
to  cover  such  articles  as  have  been  expended  during  the  month,  pre- 
pared as  illustrated  on  the  following  page. 


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Statement  of  expenditures  of  tools,  parts  of  machines,  etc.,  made  at  Waterville  Arsenal  for 
the  purpose  of  maintaining  the  manufacturing  appliances  in  an  efficient  condition 
during  the  month  of  July,  1909. 

38  drills  and  countersinks,  combination,  Morse p.  200 

Parts  for  milling  machine  vise. 
1  base  piece 


1  vise  screw  for  same / 

Parts  for  tool-maker's  universal  i •<'*<•. 

1  base  piece 1  2 

1  vise  screw  for  same J 

45  drills,  twist,  various. 
126  files,  various,  47/  and  under. 


290  files,  various,  over  4"  and  less  than 


p.  215 


172  files,  various,  8"  and  less  than  10" 

220  files,  various,  10//  and  over 

250  hacksaw  blades p.  217 

36  handles,  hickory,  smith's  tools ^ 

172  handles,  file /    p"  L 

2  couplings  for  steel  tubing p.  231 

60  ft.  tubing,  metallic,  steel,  flexible,  f " p.  232 

71  ft.  belting,  leather p.  240 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  statement  is  correct. 

JAMES  STEELE, 
Major,  Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A., 

In  Charge  of  Machine  Shop. 

July  31,  1909.  Voucher  No.  719. 

A  list  of  the  tools,  etc.,  expended  will  be  given  immediately  below 
the  heading  as  illustrated.  The  statement  is  a  VOUCHER  authorizing 
the  responsible  officer  to  drop  the  tools,  etc.,  reported  on  it. 

(c)  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  have  been  expended  or 
consumed  for  other  purposes  than  those  involved  in  connection  with 
the  manufacture,  repair,  or  alteration  of  ordnance  or  ordnance  stores, 
statements  of  expenditures  will  be  prepared  for  each  month,  giving 
the  purpose  and  the  quantities  and  kinds  of  articles  expended  or  con- 
sumed on  account  of  it.  The  purpose  of  the  expenditure  will  be 
stated  in  the  language  of  the  allotment  which  authorized  the  pro- 
curement of  the  articles  expended,  or  their  replacement.  The  form  of 
the  statement  of  expenditures  will  be  prepared  as  illustrated  at 
the  top  of  the  following  page. 


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Statement  of  expenditures  of  material*  and  Kiij>j>/ies  at  tt'dtcm'lle  Arsenal  on  account  of 
receiving  and  issuing  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  and  the  maintenance  of  transpor- 
tation, during  the  month  of  April,  1909. 

75  boxes,  mailing,  metal p.  184 

10  cans,  tin,  with  cover,  1  pint 

5  cans,  tin,  with  cover,  1  quart >     p.  189 

4  tips,  stencil  brush 

8  bottles  paste,  library 


350  shipping  tags,  various /     P'    t 

60  Ibs.  rope,  manila ^ 

20  Ibs.  twine,  various /    P-  229 

5,270  Ibs.  hay j 

153^  bu.  oats 1    p.  230 

2,235  Ibs.  straw J 

400  Ibs.  nails,  wire,  various : ^ 

5  Ibs.  nails,  W.  I.,  various /    P-  2' 

10  gr.  screws,  brass,  various. 

150  sealing  strips,  angle [     p.  232 

5,000  ft.  wire,  banding. 

125  ft.  pine  boards 

100  ft.  pine  plank 9 

250  ft.  spruce  plank 

75  ft.  whitewood,  5^"  x  6"  x  12'. 
4  pts.  glue,  Le  Page's p.  255 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  statement  is  correct. 

JAMES  SMITH, 
Colonel,  Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A.,  Commanding. 

April  30,  1909.  Voucher  No.  600. 

.The  illustrated  statement  of  expenditures  covers  the  expenditure 
of  property  made  in  a  month  which  is  authorized  to  be  procured  or 
replaced  by  an  allotment  from  the  appropriation  "  Ordnance  Service." 
When  the  expenditure  of  the  articles  has  been  authorized  by  an  allot- 
ment from  the  appropriation  "  Rep  airs  of  Arsenals,"  the  form  of  the 
statement  of  expenditures  will  be  prepared  as  illustrated  below. 

Statement  of  expenditures  of  materials  and  supplies  at  Waterville  Arsenal,  on  account  of 
repairs  and  improvements  to  officers'  quarters,  during  the  month  of  June,  1908. 

54  ft.  pine  boards p.  300 

5  gal.  turpentine p.  310 

50  Ibs.  white  lead,  Atlantic p.  311 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  statement  is  correct. 

JAMES  SMITH, 
Colonel,  Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A.,  Commanding. 

June  30,  1908.  Voucher  No.  713. 


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Statements  of  expenditures  as  illustrated  are  VOUCHERS  to  the 
return  and  authorize  the  responsible  officers  to  drop  the  quantities 
of  the  articles  reported  on  them. 

When  ammunition  is  expended  at  an  ordnance  establishment  for 
any  purpose,  a  statement  of  expenditures  will  be  submitted,  setting 
forth  the  quantities  and  kinds  of  ammunition  expended,  and  referring 
to  the  firing  record  containing  a  complete  description  of  the  expendi- 
ture, as  illustrated  below. 

Statement  of  expenditures  of  ammunition  at  the  Rock  Head  Proving  Ground  in  the  test  of 
American  Manufacturing  Company's  3-inch  shrapnel,  Lot  60  of  1909,  in  the  3-inch 
short  recoil  and  experimental  gun,  between  March  26,  1909,  and  March  30,  1909. 

Firing  record  No.  729. 

24  Ibs.  Laflin  and  Rand  smokeless  powder,  Lot  2  of  1903,  for  the 

3-inch  field  gun  of  all  models p.  144 

17  shrapnel,  loaded,  but  not  fuzed,  for  the  3-inch  field  gun p.  145 

2  fuzes,  21-second,  dummy. 

5  fuzes,  percussion,  sensitive  point [•     p.  175 

7  fuzes,  21-second,  combination. 

68  grains  gun  cotton 

15  primers,  percussion,  110-grain. 


3  primers,  electric,  for  axial  and  radial  vents. 


4  Ibs.  black  powder 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  statement  is  correct. 


p.  176 


STEPHEN  GRAY, 
Captain,  Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A., 

In  Charge  of  the  Test. 

March  30,  1909.  Voucher  No.  170. 

The  statement  is  a  VOUCHER  to  the  return  and  authorizes  the 
responsible  officer  to  drop  the  ammunition  so  expended.  When  the 
object  of  any  firings  or  test  has  not  been  accomplished  within  a  semi- 
annual period,  a  statement  will,  nevertheless,  be  submitted  for  such 
ammunition  as  was  expended  during  that  period,  in  order  that  the 
quantities  of  ammunition  to  be  accounted  for  and  those  on  hand 
may  agree. 

(d)  The  statements  of  expenditures  which  have  been  illustrated  in 
this  paragraph  will  accompany  the  returns  to  which  they  pertain,  and 
their  correctness  will  be  certified  to  by  the  officer  responsible  for  the 
expenditure. 

(e)  The  instructions  contained  in  this  paragraph  will  not  be  con- 
strued as  superseding  those   printed  on  the  abstract  of  purchases 
authorizing  the  reporting  of  certain  expenditures  on  this  abstract. 

151.  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  no  longer  issued  for 
the  purpose  for  which  they  were  originally  intended  at  an  arsenal  or 
other  ordnance  establishment,  and  it  is  desired  to  utilize  them  in 


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conducting  manufacturing  operations,  commanding  officers  are  re- 
quired to  submit  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  a  list  giving  the  quantities 
and  kinds  of  the  property,  accompanied  by  a  statement  showing  the 
reason  for  the  desired  disposition  of  the  property.  The  approval  of 
this  recommendation  will  authorize  the  commanding  officer  to  utilize 
the  property  for  the  purpose  named.  In  the  event  of  the  approval  of 
the  recommendation,  a  certificate  will  be  prepared  and  signed  by  the 
commanding  officer  giving  the  quantities  of  the  different  articles  and 
the  specific  manufacturing  operations  in  which  they  are  to  be  used. 
When  these  articles  can  not  be  used  directly  in  their  original  condition, 
the  certificate  will  give  the  quantities  of  scrap  into  which  they  were 
converted,  or  which  they  form,  for  use  in  conducting  manufacturing 
operations.  This  certificate  is  a  VOUCHER  to  the  return  of  the  re- 
sponsible officer  requiring  him  to  account  for  the  resulting  scrap  and 
authorizing  him  to  drop  the  corresponding  articles  which  have  been 
broken  up  or  destroyed,  and  will  accompany  the  return  to  which  it 
pertains. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

LOSS,  DAMAGE,  OR  DESTRUCTION  OF  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

See  A.  R.  115,  682,  683,  684,  686,  687,  688,  689,  690',  691,  692,  693,  694,  695,  696,  713, 
714,  715,  716,  717,  718,  719,  720,  721,  722,  723,  724,  725,  726,  727,  728,  914,  1149,  and 
1552  of  1908,  and  paragraphs  49,  50,  51,  52,  53,  54,  55,  56,  and  57  of  the  regulations 
governing  the  organized  militia. 

152.  When  ordnance  property  has  been  lost,   damaged,   or  de- 
stroyed, the  law  and  the  Army  Regulations  require  that  the  value 
thereof  shall  be  charged  against   the  responsible  officer,  unless  he 
shows  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  by  his  own  affidavit, 
or  by  his  certificate  supported  by  one  or  more  affidavits,  that  the  loss, 
damage,  or  destruction  was  occasioned  by  unavoidable  causes  and 
without  fault  or  neglect  on  his  part. 

153.  When  ordnance  property  has  been  lost,  damaged,  or  destroyed 
under  the  following  circumstances,  a  surveying  officer  will  be  ap- 
pointed to  fix  the  responsibility  in  each  case: 

(1)  When  property  has  been  lost  or  damaged  in  transit; 

(2)  When  property  has  been  lost  or  damaged  on  transfer  from 
one  officer  to  another; 

(3)  When  property  has  been  damaged  by  other  than  fair  wear  and 
tear  in  the  service. 

(4)  When  property  has  been  ordered  abandoned; 

(5)  When  property  has  been  lost  by  a  deserter; 

(6)  When  it  is  desired  to  charge  an  enlisted  man  for  loss,  damage,  or 
destruction  ^f  property  and  he  requests  that  this  action  be  taken. 

The  object  of  having  a  surveying  officer  act  in  cases  of  loss  or  de- 
struction of  ordnance  property  is  to  fix  the  responsibility  between 


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the  two  or  more  parties  concerned  in  the  case.  A  report  of  survey 
must  have  attached  to  it  the  evidence  required  by  the  preceding 
paragraph  of  these  regulations. 

In  all  other  cases  of  damage  to  or  loss  or  destruction  of  ordnance 
property,  the  Army  Regulations  authorize  the  responsible  officer  to 
submit  the  appropriate  evidence  direct ly  with  his  ordnance  property 
return  without  a  report  of  survey,  unless  he  particularly  desires  it, 
or  when  competent  orders  require  that  such  action  shall  be  taken. 

Reports  of  surveying  officers  of  the  army  are  prepared  on  Form 
No.  196,  A.  G.  O. 

154.  A  report  of  survey,  or  the  affidavits  and  certificates  referred 
to  in  paragraph  152,  are  required  to  accompany  the  ordnance  property 
return  to  which  they  relate,  except  as  provided  for  in  A.  R.  702  and 
716;  and  the  appropriate  entries  will  be  made  by  the  responsible 
officer  on  the  return  based  on  the  acceptance  of  this  evidence  as  a 
VOUCHER  for  the  purpose.     If  the  report  of  survey  or  the  vouchers 
are  not  accepted  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  money  value  of  the 
property  lost,  damaged,  or  destroyed  will   be  charged   against  the 
responsible  officer. 

155.  When  ordnance  property  has  been  lost  or  destroyed,  it  has 
been  held  that  the  money  value  thereof  to  the  United  States  is  the 
cost  of  replacing  this  property,  and  this  value  will  be  obtained  from 
the  ordnance  price  lists  publishing  the  cost  prices  of  the  articles  lost 
or  destroyed.     When  ordnance  property  has  been   damaged,   the 
amount  of  the  damage  is  measured  by  the  cost  price  of  the  parts 
or  components  which  have  been  damaged,  or  the  actual  cost  of  the 
work  required   to   place  the  property   in   a  serviceable   condition. 
When  a  part  or  component  of  an  article  has  been  lost  or  destroyed 
and  it  is  not  issued  to  the  service,  the  money  value  thereof  is  the 
cost  price  of  the  article  to  which  the  part  or  component  pertains.    But 
when  obsolete  property  has  been  lost,  destroyed,  or  damaged,  the 
money  value  thereof  will  be  fixed  at  30  per  cent  of  the  published 
cost  prices  of  the  articles  or  parts,  since  this  obsolete  property  is  not 
required  to  be  replaced. 

However,  when  ordnance  property  shipped  to  the  Philippine 
Islands  by  commercial  lines  has  been  lost  or  damaged  in  transit, 
the  cost  price  of  the  articles,  plus  the  cost  of  transportation,  will  be 
considered  the  money  value  thereof. 

156.  When  the  property  described  on  an  invoice  has  not  all  been 
received  and  the  receiving  quartermaster  has  not  discovered  the  de- 
ficiency, the  receiving  officer  will,  as  early  as  practicable,  report  the 
deficiency  to  the  invoicing  officer,  requesting  that  the  invoice  be 
changed  to  correspond  with  the  property  actually  received,  and  in 


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case  he  is  unable  to  grant  the  request,  to  furnish  the  appropriate 
evidence  for  the  action  of  a  surveying  officer. 

When  a  surveying  officer  acts  in  all  cases  of  deficiency,  the  receiving 
officer  will  accomplish  the  receipt  to  show  the  actual  quantities 
received  and  forward  the  receipt  thus  accomplished  and  in  duplicate4 
to  the  invoicing  officer,  accompanied  by  two  copies  of  the  report  of 
survey  to  account  for  the  missing  property. 

When  the  property  described  on  an  invoice  is  damaged  en  route  or 
has  not  all  been  received,  and  the  carrier  or  other  responsible  party 
pays  or  agrees  to  pay  for  the  damage  or  deficiency,  the  receiving 
officer  will  accomplish  the  receipt  to  show  the  damage  or  the  actual 
quantity  received,  and  will  forward  the  receipt  thus  accomplished  in 
duplicate  to  the  invoicing  officer,  accompanied  by  two  copies  of  the 
correspondence  indicating  the  method  of  payment  followed,  or  that 
will  be  followed,  by  the  carrier  or  other  responsible  party. 

These  receipts  and  report  of  survey,  or  copies  of  correspondence, 
will  be  substituted  by  the  issuing  officer  for  the  invoice  on  which  the 
articles  shipped  were  originally  dropped  from  the  return. 

When  the  property  described  on  an  invoice  has  been  damaged  en 
route  or  has  not  all  been  received,  the  receiving  officer  will  take  up 
on  the  return  only  the  actual  quantities  received,  and  that  damaged 
will  be  taken  up  as  unserviceable ;  he  will  attach  to  each  copy  of  the 
invoice  one  copy  of  the  report  of  survey  on  the  damaged  or  missing- 
property,  or  a  copy  of  the  correspondence  showing  the  payment  or 
the  agreement  to  make  payment  by  a  carrier  or  other  responsible 
party,  as  a  complete  voucher  for  the  purpose. 

When  the  property  described  on  an  invoice  has  not  been  received 
within  a  reasonable  time,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  receiving  quartermaster 
to  correspond  with  the  shipping  quartermaster  with  a  view  to  tracing 
the  property.  If  the  property  can  not  be  located,  the  receiving  quar- 
termaster will  apply  for  a  surveying  officer  (unless  the  carrier  volun- 
tarily assumes  liability  for  the  loss),  and  the  method  of  accounting 
outlined  in  this  paragraph  in  case  of  a  deficiency  will  be  followed  in 
the  case  of  a  total  loss. 

The  receiving  officer  is  required  to  prepare  such  additional  copies 
of  each  report  of  survey  as  may  be  necessary  to  provide  for  the 
accounting  required  by  this  paragraph. 

157.  When  an  approved  report  of  survey  holds  a  common  carrier 
or  a  person  not  in  the  military  service  responsible  for  loss  of  or  damage 
to  ordnance  property,  and  this  report  is  submitted  as  a  voucher  by 
the  commanding  officer  of  an  arsenal  or  other  ordnance  establishment, 
with  his  ordnance  property  return,  it  is  required  that  a  notation  shall 
be  attached  to  the  report  showing  the  steps  taken  to  collect  the  value 
of  the  loss  or  damage. 


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158.  When  ordnance  property  has  been  ordered  abandoned  or 
destroyed  during  a  campaign  and  the  order  does  not  state  the  quan- 
tities and  kinds  covered  by  it,  a  surveying  officer  is  appointed  to  make 
an  inventory   of   the  property.     The   approved   report   of  survey, 
accompanied  by  a  certified  copy  of  the  order  directing  the  abandon- 
ment or  destruction  of  the  property,  constitutes  a  VOUCHER  to  the 
return  of  the  responsible  officer  authorizing  him  to  drop  the  articles 
from  his  return. 

When  it  is  not  practicable  to  appoint  a  surveying  officer,  an  affi- 
davit will  be  submitted  by  the  responsible  officer,  giving  the  quantities 
and  kinds  of  the  articles  abandoned  or  destroyed,  together  with  a 
statement  of  the  circumstances  in  connection  with  the  abandonment 
or  destruction,  accompanied  by  a  certified  copy  of  the  order  authoriz- 
ing the  abandonment  or  destruction.  If  the  order  directing  the 
abandonment  or  destruction  of  the  property  was  a  verbal  one,  or  a 
copy  of  the  written  order  can  not  be  procured,  the  affidavit  of  the 
responsible  officer  will  so  state. 

As  large  quantities  of  ordnance  property  are  sometimes  abandoned 
or  destroyed,  the  examination  of  the  evidence  furnished  by  officers 
for  this  class  of  losses  is  very  rigid.  No  such  losses  are  passed  to  the 
credit  of  any  officer  unless  the  evidence  he  produces  is  perfectly  satis- 
factory. 

159.  When  ordnance  property  has  been  abandoned  for  want  of 
transportation,   the  responsible  officer  is  required  to  file  with  his 
return,  as  a  VOUCHER  authorizing  him  to  drop  the  articles  therefrom, 
an  affidavit  of  the  quartermaster  whose  duty  it  was  to  provide  trans- 
portation that  he  neither  had  nor  could  obtain  any,  which  will  be 
corroborated  by  the  certificate  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regi- 
ment, battalion,  or  detachment  to  which  the  officer  belongs. 

160.  When  ordnance  property  has  been  lost  in  an  engagement,  the 
responsible  officer  will  furnish,  as  a  VOUCHER  authorizing  him  to 
drop  the  articles  from  his  return,  an  affidavit  giving  the  date,  place, 
and  the  circumstances  under  which  the  loss  occurred.     When  the 
loss  did  not  come  under  the  observation  of  the  responsible  officer,  an 
affidavit  to  the  same  effect  will  be  furnished  by  an  officer,  or  non- 
commissioned officer,  cognizant  of  the  facts. 

161.  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  have  been  lost,  stolen, 
damaged,  or  expended  without  authority,  or  lost  or  abandoned  in 
the  face  of  the  enemy  or  on  the  march,  or  otherwise  improperly  dis- 
posed of  by  enlisted  men,  they  will  be  charged  on  the  muster  and  pay 
rolls  with  the  money  value  of  this  property. 

When  ordnance  property  has  been  lost,  abandoned,  stolen,  dam- 
aged, etc.,  under  the  conditions  related  in  this  paragraph,  and  the 


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responsible  officer  fails  to  have  the  charges  entered  on  the  muster  and 
pay  rolls  against  the  enlisted  men,  he  will  be  held  pecuniarily  respon- 
sible for  the  value  of  the  property. 

Charges  will  not,  however,  be  entered  on  the  muster  and  pay  rolls 
against  an  enlisted  man  except  when  the  proof  is  conclusive,  and 
never  without  a  survey  if  he  demands  it;  but  it  is  considered  that 
when  property  has  been  issued  or  entrusted  to  an  enlisted  man,  and 
it  is  so  shown,  the  proof  is  conclusive  of  his  responsibility  for  the 
same,  and  in  the  event  of  any  such  articles  of  property  being  lost, 
damaged,  destroyed,  etc.,  the  burden  of  proof  is  on  the  enlisted  man 
to  show  that  it  was  without  fault  or  neglect  on  his  part. 

162.  When  charges  are  made  on  muster  rolls  and  on  pay  rolls 
against  an  enlisted  man  on  account  of  the  loss  of  or  damage  to  prop- 
erty pertaining  to  the  Ordnance  Department,  the  officer  who  makes 
the  charges  will  forward  a  report  thereof  on  Form  No.  94,  report  of 
ordnance  charges,  to  the  paymaster  who  is  to  pay  the  organization  to 
which  the  soldier  belongs.  When  charges  of  this  character  are  made 
on  final  statements,  the  officer  who  makes  the  charges  will  forward  a 
report  thereof  on  the  same  blank  form  to  the  chief  paymaster  of  the 
department  in  which  payment  is  to  be  made.  After  verification  of 
the  charges,  the  paymaster,  or  chief  paymaster,  as  the  case  may  be, 
will  forward  the  reports  directly  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  except  in 
the  Philippines  Division,  where  they  will  be  forwarded  through  the 
chief  ordnance  officer  of  the  division. 

When  charges  are  made  on  muster  rolls  and  on  pay  rolls  against  an 
enlisted  man  and  not  collected,  reports  will  be  made  until  the  amount 
shall  have  been  collected.  If  an  enlisted  man  is  separated  from  the 
service  and  the  charges  standing  against  him  have  not  been  collected 
on  the  pay  rolls,  a  notation  showing  that  the  charges  have  been  trans- 
ferred to  his  final  statements  will  be  made  on  the  report  for  the  month 
in  which  the  soldier  was  dropped.  If  for  any  reason  the  final  state- 
ments are  not  furnished  to  a  discharged  soldier  the  notation  will  be 
modified  so  as  to  show  that  fact.  If  an  enlisted  man  is  detailed  or 
transferred  to  another  organization  and  the  charges  standing  against 
him  have  not  been  collected  on  the  pay  rolls,  a  notation  will  be  made 
on  the  report  for  the  month  in  which  the  detail  or  transfer  was 
effected  showing  that  the  receipt  of  the  soldier  was  obtained  for  the 
missing  property.  (A.  R.  1552.) 

If  an  enlisted  man  should  desert  and  the  charges  standing  against 
him  have  not  been  collected,  a  notation  will  be  made  on  the  report 
for  the  month  in  which  he  is  dropped  for  desertion,  showing  that 
collection  could  not  be  made  on  that  account;  if  the  soldier  should 
subsequently  reenlist  or  be  apprehended,  any  charges  standing 
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against  him  on  the  prior  muster  rolls  and  pay  rolls  will  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  new  rolls  and  reports  thereof  made  on  Form  No.  94, 
until  the  charges  shall  have  been  collected. 

If  an  enlisted  man  should  desert  and  it  should  subsequently  appear 
that  the  last  roll  upon  which  his  name  is  borne  did  not  cover  all  the 
charges  that  should  have  been  made  against  him,  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  organization  to  which  the  soldier  belongs  will  take  steps 
to  have  the  necessary  corrections  made  on  the  roll.  The  report 
required  on  Form  No.  94  will  be  made  as  in  other  cases  to  cover 
the  additional  ordnance  charges  and  notation  made  on  the  report, 
showing  why  the  charges  have  not  been  collected. 

When  the  charges  are  made  for  the  first  time  the  accountable  officer 
is  authorized  to  enter  on  the  semiannual  statement  of  charges,  Form 
No.  86,  a  list  of  the  missing  articles  and  to  take  credit  for  the  same 
on  his  next  semiannual  return,  without  being  required  to  show  that 
collection  has  been  made  of  the  charges.  He  is,  however,  not  author- 
ized to  make  entry  on  the  statement  of  charges  or  to  take  credit  for 
these  articles  on  account  of  the  same  charges  appearing  on  a  subse- 
quent pay  roll  by  reason  of  failure  to  collect  on  a  prior  roll. 

When  an  enlisted  man  is  detailed  or  transferred  to  another  organi- 
zation, any  articles  of  ordnance  property  for  which  he  may  be 
indebted  to  the  United  States  at  the  time  of  the  detail  or  transfer, 
and  any  other  articles  of  ordnance  property  which  he  may  carry  with 
him,  will  be  dropped  from  the  return  of  the  accountable  officer  on 
the  duplicate  invoice  and  receipt  transfer  voucher,  Form  No.  152,  as 
prescribed  in  A.  R.  1552.  If  any  of  the  articles  appearing  on  this 
invoice  have  been  dropped  on  the  statement  of  charges  they  will  not 
be  again  dropped  by  virtue  of  this  voucher.  Such  articles  as  the 
soldier  may  be  indebted  for  will  not  be  entered  on  the  statement  of 
charges  or  on  Form  No.  94,  as  charged  on  the  "Descriptive  list, 
military  record,  and  statement  of  accounts,"  or  on  the  descriptive 
and  assignment  card. 

The  report  of  ordnance  charges,  Form  No.  94,  and  the  statement 
of  charges,  Form  No.  86,  will  be  prepared  in  accordance  with  the 
instructions  printed  on  these  blank  forms. 

The  statement  of  charges  is  required  to  accompany  the  return  to 
which  it  pertains,  and  is  the  VOUCHER  authorizing  the  responsible 
officer  to  drop  the  articles  charged  from  his  return. 

When  a  report  of  survey  is  required  to  substantiate  charges  entered 
on  the  muster  and  pay  rolls  against  an  enlisted  man,  as  in  the  case  of 
a  deserter,  the  report  of  survey  is  not  a  voucher  authorizing  the 
responsible  oflicer  to  drop  the  articles  described  thereon  from  his 
return,  but  is  a  subvoucher  to  the  statement  of  charges,  which,  as 
stated  above,  is  the  voucher  for  the  purpose. 


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163.  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  ordered  broken  up, 
or  destroyed,  in  accordance  with  an  approved  inventory  and  inspec- 
tion report,  the  inspector  may  certify  to  the  breaking  up,  or  destruc- 
tion, of  the  property.     If  he  does  not,  or  if  rings,  buckles,  scrap,  etc., 
result  from  the  breaking  up  of  the  condemned  property,  a  certificate 
will  be  prepared  and  signed  by  the  witnessing  officer  setting  forth 
tho  breaking  up,  or  destruction  of  the  property  and  stating  the  quan- 
tities of  rings,   buckles,  scrap,   etc.,  resulting  from  the  operation. 
The  approved  inventory  and  inspection  report,  with  the  certificate, 
constitutes  a  VOUCHER  to  the  return  of  the  responsible  officer,  author- 
izing him  to  drop  from  his  return  the  articles  so  destroyed  and 
requiring  him  to  take  up  the  rings,  buckles,  scrap,  etc.;  and  this 
voucher  is  required  to  accompany  the  return  to  which  it  pertains. 

An  approved  inventory  and  inspection  report  may  also  authorize 
a  sale  or  a  transfer  of  ordnance  property,  in  which  case  it  is  a  SUB- 
VOUCHER  to  the  voucher  covering  the  transaction,  and  as  such  is 
required  to  accompany  the  return  to  which  it  pertains.  (See  par. 
106  of  these  regulations.) 

Inventory  and  inspection  reports  are  prepared  on  Form  No.  1, 
I.  G.  D. 

164.  The  appointment  of  a  special  inspector  to  act  on  unserviceable 
ordnance  stores  is  limited  to  cases  of  emergency,  the  nature  of  which 
will  be  described  in  the  order  appointing  the  inspector.     Care  will  be 
exercised  in  the  selection  of  an  officer  for  this  duty.     An  inexperienced 
officer,  or  one  who  is  junior  to  the  responsible  officer  commanding 
the  troop,  battery,  company,  or  detachment  to  which  the  property 
pertains,  will  not  be  appointed. 

165.  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  turned  in  to  an  arsenal 
or    other   ordnance   establishment   on    the   recommendation   of   an 
inspector  can  not  be  made  suitable  for  issue,  the  commanding  officer 
will  forward  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  a  report  giving  the  quantities, 
kinds,  and  conditions  of  the  articles  thus  received,  in  order  that 
instructions  may  be  given  for  the  destruction  or  breaking  up  of  the 
property,  as  authorized  by  A.  R.  915.     If  the  articles  so  received 
can  not  be  made  suitable  for  issue  and  can  not  be  utilized,  but  have 
a  salable  value,  they  can  not  be  sold  without  again  submitting  them 
for  the  action  of  an  inspector.     If  the  breaking  up,  or  destruction,  of 
this  property  has  been  authorized  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  a  certifi- 
cate will  be  prepared  and  signed  by  the  commanding  officer  setting 
forth  the  quantities  of  the  articles  broken  up,  or  destroyed,  and  the 
authority  therefor;  if  any  scrap  results  from  this  operation  the  cer- 
tificate will  state  the  quantities  thereof.     This  certificate  constitutes 


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a  VOUCHER  to  the  return  of  the  responsible  officer,  authorizing  him  to 
drop  the  articles  destroyed  and  requiring  him  to  take  up  any  scrap 
which  may  result  from  the  operation,  and  is  required  to  accompany 
the  return  to  which  it  pertains. 

166.  When  articles  of  public  property  are  destroyed  by  virtue  of 
an  approved  report  of  survey,  a  certificate  showing  the  destruction 
of  the  property  and  signed  by  the  witnessing  officer  forms  part  of  the 
report;  this  report  of  survey  is  a  VOUCHER  to  the  return  of  the  respon- 
sible officer,  authorizing  him  to  drop  from  his  return  the  articles 
destroyed  and  requiring  him  to  take  up  any  rings,  buckles,  scrap, 
etc.,  which  may  result  from  the  operation;  and  this  voucher  is  re- 
quired to  accompany  the  return  to  which  it  pertains. 

A.  R.  720  authorizes  the  destruction  of  the  following  ordnance 
property  on  the  approved  recommendation  of  a  surveying  officer: 

(a)  Stores  that  have  become  so  deteriorated  as  to  endanger  health 
or  other  stores; 

(&)  Utterly  worthless  articles  constituting  the  personal  equipment 
of  a  soldier,  horse  equipments  (except  those  issued  to  officers),  and 
target  materials  and  supplies,  the  cost  of  which  does  not  exceed  $100 
in  the  case  of  mounted  organizations,  and  $50  in  other  cases.  The 
personal  equipment  of  a  soldier,  horse  equipments,  and  target 
materials  and  supplies  are  the  articles  embraced  under  Part  I,  Class 
IX,  sections  1  to  5  inclusive,  and  Class  X,  section  7,  as  published  in 
the  classification  of  ordnance  property  in  Article  III  of  these 
regulations. 

When  utterly  worthless  articles  of  ordnance  property  in  a  mounted 
organization  have  a  cost  price  exceeding  $100,  the  surveying  officer 
is  not  authorized  to  recommend  their  destruction,  but  such  property 
must  be  placed  before  an  inspector  before  final  disposition.  A  similar 
requirement  applies  to  dismounted  organizations,  to  commanding 
officers  of  arsenals  or  other  ordnance  establishments,  and  to  post 
ordnance  officers,  when  the  cost  price  of  the  utterly  worthless  articles 
of  ordnance  property  exceeds  $50. 

A  surveying  officer  acting  on  unserviceable  ordnance  property  is 
not  authorized  to  recommend  that  such  articles  be  sold,  turned  in  to 
depot,  or  used  for  post  purposes ;  and  if  it  is  desired  that  the  property 
be  disposed  of  for  any  of  these  purposes  the  approved  recommenda- 
tion of  an  inspector  must  be  obtained.  Wrhen  a  surveying  officer  acts 
on  property  which  has  become  unserviceable,  or  which  has  no  salable 
value,  he  will  state  in  his  finding  whether  the  condition  resulted  from 
fair  wear  and  tear  in  service;  if  the  condition  resulted  from  other 
causes,  he  will  state  what  such  causes  were.  (See  par.  106  of  these 
regulations.) 


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167.  When  small  arms  have  been  lost  in  garrison,  the  report  of 
survey,  or  the  evidence  submitted  by  the  responsible  officer  as  a 
voucher,  is  required  to  show  whether  or  not  the  arms  were  stored  at 
the  time  of  the  loss  in  arm  racks  or  arm  lockers  furnished  by  the 
Ordnance  Department  for  their  safe-keeping,  or  were  being  used  at 
the  time  in  the  performance  of  a  military  duty. 

When  small  arms  pertaining  to  troops  in  the  field,  saddle  blankets, 
time-interval  recorders,  lead  counterweights,  or  cartridge  cases  for 
cannon,  have  been  lost,  the  report  of  survey,  or  evidence  submitted 
by  the  responsible  officer  as  a  voucher,  is  required  to  show  whether 
or  not  every  possible  precaution  was  taken  for  their  safe-keeping. 

When  other  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  lost,  damaged,  or 
destroyed,  the  report  of  survey,  or  evidence  submitted  by  the  respon- 
sible officer  as  a  voucher,  is  required  to  show  whether  or  not  the 
regulations  in  regard  to  their  care  and  preservation,  as  published  and 
referred  to  in  Article  IV  of  these  regulations,  have  been  complied  with. 

168.  When  ordnance  property  has  been  lost,  damaged,  or  destroyed 
at  an  arsenal  or  other  ordnance  establishment  when  it  was  under  the 
direct  control  or  supervision  of  an  employee  and  without  fault  or 
neglect  on  the  part  of  anyone,  he  is  required  to  submit  an  affidavit 
to  this  effect  in  connection  with  the  affidavit  or  certificate  submitted 
by   the   responsible   officer.     When   the   responsible   officer,    or   an 
employee,  admits  the  responsibility,  certificates  or  affidavits  will  not 
be  furnished  relating  the  circumstances,  but  a  certificate  signed  by 
the  commanding  officer  will  be  prepared,  giving  a  list  of  the  articles 
lost,  damaged,  or  destroyed,  the  name  of  the  person  assuming  respon- 
sibility for  the  loss,  damage,  or  destruction,  and  stating  that  the  money 
value  thereof  has  been  collected,  and  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the 
Treasurer  of  the  United  States.     This  certificate  constitutes  a  VOUCHER 
to  the  return  of  the  responsible  officer,  authorizing  him  to  drop  the 
articles  described  thereon  from  his  return,  and  is  required  to  accom- 
pany it. 

These  instructions  will  not  be  considered  as  discontinuing  the 
practice  of  charging  an  employee  on  the  pay  rolls  for  defective  work 
performed  by  him,  the  certificate  of  the  commanding  officer  not 
being  required  in  this  case. 

169.  When  ordnance  property  furnished  to  any  State  or  Territory 
has  been  lost  or  destroyed,  the  law  requires  that  it  shall  be  reported 
upon  by  a  disinterested  surveying  officer  of  the  organized  militia,  and 
the  report  of  the  surveying  officer  is  required  by  law  to  be  forwarded 
to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  final  action.     If  the  report  shows  that  the 
property  has  been  lost  or  destroyed  through  avoidable  causes,  or  that 
the  loss  or  destruction  of  the  property  was  due  to  carelessness  and 


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could  have  been  avoided  by  the  exercise  of  reasonable  care,  the 
money  value  of  the  property  so  lost  or  destroyed  will  be  charged 
against  the  allotment  to  the  State  or  Territory  under  section  1661  of 
the  Revised  Statutes.  If  the  report  of  survey  shows  otherwise,  the 
value  of  the  property  will  not  be  charged  against  the  allotment  to  the 
State,  Territory,  etc.  When  the  report  shall  have  been  returned  to 
the  governor  of  the  State  or  Territory  it  will  constitute  a  VOUCHER  to 
his  return  authorizing  him  to  make  the  proper  entries  thereon,  and 
is  required  to  accompany  it. 

A  report  of  survey  may  also  be  a  subvoucher  authorizing  the  sale, 
or  transfer,  of  the  property,  in  which  case  it  will  be  a  SUBVOUCHER 
authorizing  the  transaction  and  is  required  to  accompany  the  return 
to  which  it  pertains. 

Reports  of  survey  on  such  property  will  be  prepared  on  Form 
No.  16,  Division  of  Militia  Affairs,  War  Department. 

170.  When  ordnance  property  has  been  lost  or  destroyed  by  a 
member  of  the  organized  militia,  and  he  pays  to  the  proper  state 
officer  the  value  of  the  property  so  lost  or  destroyed  by  him,  such 
funds  may  be  used  to  replace,  by  purchase  from  the  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment of  the  Army,  the  property  lost  or  destroyed,  and  in  such  cases 
where  the  property  has  been  so  replaced  the  action  of  a  surveying 
officer  is  not  required. 

171.  When  ordnance  property  furnished  to  the  District  of  Columbia 
has  been  lost,  damaged,  or  destroyed  through  the  fault  of  an  officer 
or  enlisted  man  of  the  militia  of  the  District,  the  law  requires  that  the 
value  thereof  shall  be  charged  against  such  officer  or  enlisted  man,  or 
to  the  organization  to  which  it  was  issued.     The  money  value  of  the 
property  so  lost  or  destroyed  is  required  to  be  paid  to  the  quarter- 
master-general of  the  militia  of  the  District  of  Columbia  within  one 
year   after  such  loss   or   destruction   occurs.     When  the  funds  so 
collected  shall  have  been  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of 
the  United  States  and  a  report  thereof  made  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance 
by  the  commanding  general  of  the  militia  of  the  District  of  Columbia, 
giving  the  quantities  and  kinds  of  property  so  lost,  damaged,  or 
destroyed,  he  will  be  authorized  to  make  the  proper  entries  on  his 
return,   and   this   authorization  will  constitute   a  VOUCHER  to   his 
return,  and  be  required  to  accompany  it. 

172.  When  ordnance  property  issued  to  the  militia  of  the  District 
of  Columbia  has  been  lost  or  destroyed  through  the  lack  of  proper 
storage  facilities,  for  which  the  District  of  Columbia  is  responsible, 
the  property  so  lost  or  destroyed  will  be  acted  upon  by  a  disinter- 
ested surveying  officer  of  the  organized  militia  of  the  District  of 
Columbia,  as  provided  for  in  paragraph  169  of  these  regulations. 


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173.  Reports  of  surveying  officers  of  the  organized  militia  on  the 
loss,  damage,  or  destruction  of  articles  of  ordnance  property  are 
required  to  give  the  information  called  for  by  paragraph  167  of  these 
regulations. 

174.  When  ordnance  property  pertaining  to  the  organized  militia 
has  been  transferred  by  the  governor  of  a  State  or  Territory  or  by 
the  commanding  general  of  the  militia  of  the  District  of  Columbia  to 
an  arsenal  or  other  ordnance  establishment,  and  there  has  been  a 
loss  or  deficiency  on    its  receipt,   the  commanding  officer  of    the 
arsenal  or  other  ordnance  establishment  is  authorized  to  appoint 
a  surveying  officer  to  fix  the  responsibility  for  the  loss  or  deficiency, 
but  such  a  report  of  survey  requires  the  action  of  the  Secretary  of 
War. 

When  ordnance  property  has  been  transferred  from  an  arsenal,  or 
other  ordnance  establishment,  to  the  governor  of  a  State  or  Terri- 
tory, or  the  commanding  general  of  the  militia  of  the  District  of 
Columbia,  for  the  use  of  the  organized  militia  thereof,  and  there  has 
been  a  loss  or  deficiency  on  its  receipt,  the  governor  of  the  State  or 
Territory,  or  the  commanding  general  of  the  militia  of  the  District 
of  Columbia,  will  appoint  a  disinterested  surveying  officer,  as  in  the 
case  of  the  loss  of  ordnance  property  already  in  the  possession  of 
the  organized  militia. 

175.  When  ordnance   property  issued   to  the  head  of  any  execu- 
tive department,  or  to  the  District  of  Columbia  for  the  use  of  its 
police,  has  been  lost  or  destroyed,  the  responsible  custodian  may 
submit  evidence  in  the  form  of  an  affidavit  to  show  that  the  loss 
occurred  through  unavoidable  causes  and  without  fault  or  neglect 
on  his  part.     If  the  evidence  does  not  show  that  the  loss  thus  occurred, 
the  department,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  is  required  to  pay  for 
the  value  of  the  property  so  lost,  or  destroyed,  by  a  Treasury  settle- 
ment crediting  the  fund  "  Replacing  Ordnance  and  Ordnance  Stores." 

176.  When  ordnance  property  issued  to  an  educational  institution, 
or  to  a  state  soldiers  and  sailors  orphans'  home,  or  to  any  other  cus- 
todian of  ordnance  property  for  which  a  bond  is  required  to  provide 
for  its  safe  return,  has  been  lost  or  destroyed,  the  responsible  custo- 
dian is  not  authorized  to  submit  any  voucher  with  his  return  author- 
izing him  to  drop  the  property  so  lost  or  destroyed,  even  if  the  loss 
occurred  without  fault  or  neglect  on  his  part,  but  he  is  required  to 
pay  for  such  loss,  and  to  maintain  the  ordnance  property  issued  to 
him  in  a  serviceable  condition. 

When  ordnance  property  which  has  been  issued  to  an  educational 
institution,  or  to  a  state  soldiers  and  sailors  orphans'  home,  is  turned 
in  to  an  arsenal  and  found  on  its  receipt  to  show  loss  or  damage 


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which  can  not  be  attributed  to  fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  service, 
the  educational  institution,  or  the  home,  will  be  charged  with  the 
money  value  of  the  stores  so  lost  or  damaged.  (See  par.  71  of  these 
regulations.) 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

NOMENCLATURE  FOR  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

177.  The  general  denomination  " ordnance  and  ordnance  stores" 
comprehends  all  cannon  and  their  carriages,  machine  and  automatic 
guns  and  their  carriages  and  mounts,  and  the  vehicles,  harness,  pack 
outfits,  accessories,  implements,  equipments,  etc.,  for  their  manipu- 
lation and  maintenance ;  small  arms  and  their  parts  and  appendages ; 
ammunition  of  all  kinds;  personal  equipments  of  the  soldier;  and 
horse  equipments  of  mounted  men,  except  those  in  the  Quarter- 
master's Department;  machines,  tools,  materials,  and  supplies  for  the 
ordnance  service;  and  all  property  of  whatever  nature,  except  sub- 
marine mine  property,  supplied  to  the  military  establishment  by  the 
Ordnance  Department. 

178.  Care  will  be  taken  in  the  preparation  of  returns  and  vouchers 
that  the  nomenclature  prescribed  in  ordnance   price   lists   and  in 
official  pamphlets  descriptive  of  the  articles  accounted  for  shall  be 
strictly  followed.     When  the  nomenclature  is  not  prescribed  in  any 
price  list  or  pamphlet  and  the  articles  are  described  on  drawings,  the 
nomenclature  prescribed  therein  will  be  followed;  but  in  describing 
the  parts  of  an  article  it  may  be  necessary  to  qualify  the  description 
found  in  the  body  of  the  drawings  by  prefixing  to  it  the  name  of  the 
article  to  which  it  pertains. 

179.  When  an  article  of  ordnance  property  consists  of  components 
which  are  standard  articles  of  issue  to  the  service  and  so  reported  in 
ordnance  price  lists,   and  is  incomplete,   it  will  be  described  and 
accounted  for  according  to  the  quantities  of  the  components  on 
hand.     When   an  article  of   ordnance  property   is   incomplete   by 
reason  of  a  missing  part  which  is  not  listed  as  a  standard  com- 
ponent, the  incomplete  article  will  be  described  and  accounted  for 
as  without  the  part. 

180.  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  described  on  a  voucher 
in  general   language,  as   "Six  2.95-inch  mountain  guns,  complete, 
with  carriages,  accessories,  etc.,"  the  accounting  for  these  articles 
under  such  an  indefinite  description  will  result  in  rendering  the  return 
based  on  such  a  voucher  unsatisfactory  and  unreliable.     It  is  for- 
bidden, therefore,  that  such  methods  of  describing  property  shall  be 
followed,  and  general  descriptions  will  not  be  used  except  in  cases 
where  they  are  well  known  to  the  service  as  covering  certain  definite 


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quantities  of  articles.  Since  the  quantities  of  the  articles  contained 
in  the  various  sets  of  reloading  tools,  repair  kits,  etc.,  have  been 
published  in  price  lists  which  have  been  distributed  to  the  service, 
there  is  no  objection  to  describing  these  articles  according  to  the 
nomenclature  found  in  the  price  lists.  However,  when  there  is  a 
doubt  of  a  receiving  officer  having  a  complete  knowledge  of  the  com- 
ponents of  any  set,  the  property  will  be  described  by  the  quantities 
of  these  components. 

181.  When  machines,  fixtures,  tools,  etc.,  which  are  not  described 
on  any  drawings  u are  accounted  for,  the  nomenclature  will  be  that 
followed  by  the  builders  or  makers  of  such  articles  and  which  is 
generally  found  in  bulletins  or  pamphlets  issued  by  them  to  the  trade. 
In  describing  machinery  and  other  articles,  the  name  of  the  maker  will 
follow  that  of  the  machine. 

182.  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  packed  in  boxes  or 
crates,  the  description  of  such  property  on  a  voucher  covers  the  con- 
tainers, but  when  empty  boxes,  cases,  crates,  barrels,  etc.,  are  trans- 
ferred separately  they  will  be  fully  described  on  the  voucher  and  will 
be  accounted  for  under  the  classification  to  which  the  articles  pertain. 
When  such  empty  boxes,  cases,  etc.,  are  on  hand  for  the  packing  of 
prescribed  articles,  they  are  required  to  be  taken  up  and  accounted 
for.     When   articles   of  ordnance  property   are   packed   in  chests, 
cartridge  storage  cases,  metallic  barrels,  or  kegs  holding  25  pounds  of 
powder  or  more,  the  descriptions  of  the  articles  do  not  cover  those  of 
the  containers,  which  are  required  to  be  described  separately  on  the 
voucher  and  to  be  accounted  for  whether  empty  or  not. 

183.  The  description  of  a  building  and  the  corresponding  account- 
ability therefor  covers  all  the  appurtenances  ordinarily  pertaining  to 
it,  such  as  the  heating  plant,  lighting  plant,  etc.     The  accountability 
for  a  machine  covers  the  countershafting,  belting,  and  the  accessories 
required  to  operate  it  for  all  the  purposes  for  which  it  was  procured. 

Main  line  shafting,  with  its  hangers,  pulleys,  and  belting,  is 
accounted  for  separately. 

When  a  heating  or  lighting  plant  is  installed  for  the  heating  or 
illumination  of  several  buildings,  the  accountability  for  the  buildings 
will  not  cover  accountability  for  these  general  appurtenances,  which 
will  be  accounted  for  separately.  A  heating  plant  of  this  character 
will  be  described  and  accounted  for  according  to  the  quantities  of  the 
components  of  which  it  consists,  as  follows: 

One  heating  plant,  consisting  of  -  -  radiators feet  and 

-  inches  piping  (adding  such  other  components  as  pertain  to  the 
system) . 

A  similar  method  will  be  followed  in  describing  lighting  systems, 
telephone  systems,  etc. 


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184.  When  articles  of  ordnance  property  having  serial  numbers, 
such  as  cannon,  carriages,  limbers,  caissons,  instruments  for  fire  con- 
trol, telescopic  sights,  etc.,  are  issued  to  the  mobile  and  seacoast 
artillery,  the  serial  numbers  will  be  noted  on  the  vouchers  covering 
the  transfer  of  the  articles.     Such  articles  will  not,   however,   be 
accounted  for  by  their  numbers  on  the  returns. 

185.  When  it  is  desired  to  transfer  articles  of  ordnance  property 
from  the  serviceable  to  the  unserviceable  class,  or  from  stock  to  cur- 
rent use,  or  to  account  for  them  under  a  different  nomenclature  from 
that  under  which  they  were  originally  accounted  for  at  an  arsenal  or 
other  ordnance  establishment,  they  will  be  reported  on  a  monthly 
abstract  of  transfers,  prepared  on  Forms  Nos.   274   and  275,  the 
former  being  the  outside  sheet  and  the  latter  the  inside  sheet,  in 
accordance   with    the   instructions   printed    on    the    outside   sheet. 
Whenever  changes  in  nomenclature  or  in  the  conditions  of  articles  are 
made,  based  upon  manufacturing  or  other  operations,  such  changes 
will  not  be  provided  for  on  the  abstract  of  transfers,  but  by  the 
methods  stated  in  paragraphs  151  and  165  of  these  regulations. 

The  abstract  of  transfers  is  a  VOUCHER  to  the  return  of  the  respon- 
sible officer,  authorizing  him  to  make  the  appropriate  entries  thereon, 
and  is  required  to  accompany  it. 

When  similar  transfers  of  nomenclature  are  desired  to  be  made  by 
other  responsible  officers,  the  necessary  voucher  will  be  in  the  form 
of  a  certificate  describing  the  quantities  of  the  articles  dropped  and 
the  quantities  of  the  same  articles  under  different  descriptions  taken 
up,  etc.,  and  this  VOUCHER  will  accompany  the  return  to  which  it 
pertains. 

Articles  of  ordnance  property  borne  on  a  return  as  serviceable  will 
not  be  transferred  to  the  unserviceable  class  and  so  accounted  for 
until  acted  upon  by  an  inspector  and  the  inspection  report  filed  as 
authority  for  the  transfer. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 
ACCOUNTABILITY  FOR  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

See  A.  R.  86,  697,  698,  699,  700,  701,  702,  703,  704,  705, 1328,  and  1567  of  1908,  and 
paragraphs  44  and  278  of  the  regulations  governing  the  organized  militia. 

186.  The  object  of  making  a  return  is  to  present,  at  stated  times, 
in  a  condensed  form,  according  to  a  well-arranged  system,  an  exact 
account,  duly  vouched  for,  of  all  the  property  with  which  an  officer  is 
properly  to  be  debited,  and  also  of  all  the  property  with  which  he  is 
to  be  credited.     The  difference  between  the  two  gives  his  exact 
accountability. 


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187.  For  the  purpose  of  accountability,  ordnance  property  at  the 
arsenals  and  ordnance  depots  will  be  considered  as  consisting  of  two 
divisions,  namely: 

FIRST  DIVISION.  Property  in  which  transactions  affecting  the 
accountability  therefor  are  frequent;  and 

SECOND  DIVISION.  Property  in  which  transactions  affecting  the 
accountability  therefor  are  infrequent. 

The  first  division  applies  to  such  articles  of  ordnance  and  ordnance 
stores  as  are  the  subject  of  frequent  issues,  receipts,  sales,  or  other 
disposition  affecting  the  accountability  therefor. 

The  second  -division  applies  to  such  articles  of  ordnance  and 
ordnance  stores  as  are  obsolete  and  the  greater  number  of  tools  and 
machines  in  current  service,  disposition  of  which  affecting  the 
accountability  therefor  is  infrequent. 

When  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  closely  related  to  each  other 
by  their  use  in  service,  as  a  gun  with  its  carriage,  sights,  accessories, 
implements,  etc.,  such  articles  will  not  be  accounted  for  as  in  part 
pertaining  to  one  division  and  in  part  to  the  other  division;  but  the 
frequency  of  the  transactions  affecting  the  accountability  of  all  the 
articles  will  be  considered  and  the  division  to  which  they  should 
pertain  determined  accordingly. 

Arrangement  of  the  property  into  these  two  divisions  is  made  by 
the  commanding  officers  of  the  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots,  subject 
to  the  approval  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

An  article  at  any  ordnance  establishment  will  not  be  considered  as 
included  in  both  divisions,  except  in  such  cases  as  when  an  article  in 
current  service  pertaining  to  the  second  division  may  also  be  a 
component  of  another  article,  or  sets  of  articles,  pertaining  to  the 
first  division,  or  conversely. 

188.  The  articles  embraced  in  the  first  division  are  accounted  for 
on  a  semiannual  return,  consisting  of  a  front  cover  (Form  No.  15, 
front  cover),  a  back  cover  (Form  No.  15,  back  cover),  the  register  of 
vouchers  or  index  to  the  return  (Form  No.  16),  and  the  remaining 
inside  sheets  or  forms  on  which  the  entries  authorized  by  the  several 
vouchers  are  made. 

The  front  cover  has  been  prepared  to  give  a  description  of  the 
return,  the  name  of  the  arsenal  or  depot  to  which  it  pertains,  the 
period  covered  by  the  return,  and  the  name  of  the  accountable  officer, 
together  with  certain  other  information  pertaining  to  the  settlement 
of  the  return.  The  back  cover  has  been  prepared  on  the  inside  to 
show  transfers  of  accountability  during  the  accounting  period,  the 
values  of  all  the  property  on  hand,  and  contains  the  certificate 
required  to  be  made  by  the  accountable  officer  on  the  rendition  of  the 
return. 


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The  register  of  vouchers  has  been  prepared  for  the  description 
of  the  vouchers  to  the  return  by  their  numbers  and  the  names  of  the 
receiving  or  issuing  officers  or  agents  of  the  Government,  and  for 
the  entry  of  the  pages  of  the  return  on  which  the  transactions  author- 
ized by  the  vouchers  are  made.  When  the  voucher  is  not  one  which 
is  descriptive  of  transactions  between  officers,  the  character  of  the 
voucher  is  stated  in  the  column  for  the  names  of  the  receiving  or 
issuing  officers. 

The  remaining  inside  sheets  of  the  return  (Form  No.  15  and  modifi- 
cations) have  been  prepared  in  forms  to  provide  for  the  description 
of  the  articles  to  be  accounted  for  thereon,  the  numbers  of  the  vouch- 
ers covering  transactions  in  the  return,  and  the  corresponding 
columns  under  the  heading  of  the  several  articles  on  which  the 
entries  based  on  the  vouchers  are  made.  Two  marginal  columns 
are  furnished  on  each  sheet  for  the  entries  of  the  voucher  numbers, 
one  column  for  the  entry  of  the  numbers  of  the  vouchers  covering 
receipts  of  property  and  the  other  for  the  vouchers  covering  issues 
thereof.  Two  columns  are  also  provided  under  the  heading  of  each 
article,  one  for  the  entry  of  the  quantities  received  and  the  other  for 
the  quantities  issued.  In  addition,  these  sheets  provide  for  the 
stating  of  the  conditions  of  the  articles,  the  proper  footings  of  the 
several  quantities  thereof,  and  for  the  stating  of  the  quantities  found 
on  hand  on  the  taking  of  the  annual  inventory.  For  the  greater 
number  of  the  standard  articles  issued  to  the  service  the  inside 
sheets  are  furnished  in  forms  containing  printed  descriptions  of  these 
articles  in  accordance  with  the  standard  nomenclature.  For  the 
remaining  articles,  inside  sheets  (Form  No.  15),  having  blank  head- 
ings, are  furnished,  on  which  the  accountable  officer  is  required  to 
write  in  the  description  of  the  articles  required  to  be  accounted  for. 
A  description  of  these  forms  is  published  in  the  appendix  to  these 
regulations. 

The  return  is  so  arranged  in  its  front  and  back  covers  that  the 
register  of  vouchers  constitutes  the  first  part  and  the  various  remain- 
ing inside  sheets  the  second  part.  These  sheets  are  arranged  and 
paged  in  accordance  with  the  classification  of  the  articles  accounted 
for  thereon. 

This  form  of  return  will  be  known  as  the  SEMIANNUAL  RETURN, 
First  Division. 

189.  The  articles  embraced  in  the  second  division  are  accounted 
for  on  a  semiannual  return,  consisting  of  a  CERTIFICATE  setting 
forth  the  division  of  ordnance  property  to  which  it  pertains  and 
stating  the  quantities  of  the  articles  on  hand  in  which  transactions 
affecting  the  accountability  therefor  occurred  during  the  semiannual 


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period,  and  that  the  quantities  and  conditions  of  the  remaining 
articles  are  the  same  as  at  the  close  of  the  preceding  semiannual 
period.  Supplementing  this  certificate,  record  cards  (Form  No.  17) 
are  furnished  by  the  accountable  officer  for  the  articles  embraced  in 
the  division,  which  gives  their  classification,  quantities  on  hand, 
their  conditions,  values,  and  dispositions.  A  set  of  these  cards  is 
always  retained  in  the  Office  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  and  another 
set  is  retained  by  the  accountable  officer.  Since  the  certificate  is 
based  on  the  information  contained  on  these  cards,  they  are,  there- 
fore, supplemental  parts  of  it.  These  cards  are  frequently  referred 
to  as  the  card  property  return. 

This  form  of  return  will  be  known  as  the  SEMIANNUAL  RETURN, 
Second  Division. 

190.  The    accountability    of    artillery    district    ordnance    officers 
and  of  ordnance  officers  at  coast  artillery  posts  when  acting  as 
artillery  district  ordnance  officers,  for  ordnance  property  pertaining 
to  the  modern  armament  and  equipment  within  their  districts  or 
posts,  is  rendered  on  a  semiannual  return,  using  such  of  the  necessary 
forms  as  are  described  and  referred  to  in  paragraph  188  of  these 
regulations,  except  the  cover  (Form  No.  20).     This  cover  provides 
for  a  description  of  the  return  on  its  front  page,  and  on  the  right- 
hand  inner  page  are  the  appropriate  certificates  covering  a  transfer 
of  accountability  and  the  correctness  of  the  return  and  the  taking  of 
the  required  inventory.     The  ordnance  property  pertaining  to  the 
modern  armament  and  equipment  of  a  district  or  post  will  not  be 
considered  as  consisting  of  divisions  as  in  the  case  of  similar  property 
at  arsenals  and  other  ordnance  depots. 

191.  The  accountability  for  ordnance   property  of   commanding 
officers  of  troops  and  companies,  of  post  or  regimental   ordnance 
officers,  of  presidents  of  educational  institutions,  and  of  all  other 
custodians   of   ordnance   property,   except  commanding  officers  of 
arsenals  and  ordnance  depots  and  artillery  district  ordnance  officers 
and  officers  below  the  grade  of  major,  to  whom  horse  equipments 
have  been  issued  for  their  personal  use,  is  rendered  on  a  semiannual 
return  (except  for  governors  of  States,  etc.),  which  consists  of  a  cover 
(Form  No.  18,  cover),  and  the   appropriate  inside  sheets  arranged 
in  the  cover  in  the  sequence  of  the  various  classes   and  sections. 
When   the   cover   and   inside   sheets    have   been  so   arranged    and 
secured  by  a  tape  or  cord,  the  cover  and  inside  sheets  constitute  a 
blank  return. 

The  front  of  the  cover  is  spaced  and  ruled  so  as  to  provide  for  a 
description  of  the  return ;  the  inside  is  ruled  and  spaced  for  a  register 
of  vouchers,  and  on  the  inside  of  the  back  of  the  cover  are  provided 
necessary  certificates  to  cover  a  complete  transfer  of  accountability, 


78 

the  correctness  of  the  return,  and  the  making  of  the  required  inven- 
tory. When  a  return  is  rendered  by  a  governor  of  a  State  or  Terri- 
tory, the  description  of  the  return  will  be  modified  so  as  to  show 
that  it  is  an  annual  return  instead  of  a  semiannual  return. 

The  various  inside  sheets  (Form  No.  18  and  modifications)  are 
arranged  by  forms  so  that  each  distinctive  kind  of  stores  has  its 
own  form  number,  and  therefore  the  return  will  only  consist  of 
such  inside  sheets  as  cover  the  articles  for  which  an  officer  is  respon- 
sible. Inside  sheets  with  blank  headings  (Form  No.  18)  are  also 
furnished  to  cover  accountability  for  articles  for  which  forms  with 
printed  headings  are  not  supplied.  The  return  is  required  to  be 
executed  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed  on  the  back  of 
the  cover,  and  these  instructions  contemplate  that  the  return  shall 
be  a  continuous  record  of  all  transactions  affecting  the  responsi- 
bility and  accountability  of  the  officer  rendering  the  return.  When 
the  return  is  kept  as  a  continuous  record,  the  responsible  officer  can 
ascertain  at  any  time  his  responsibility  for  the  ordnance  property 
intrusted  to  him. 

Officers  of  the  Army,  below  the  grade  of  major,  to  whom  horse 
equipments  have  been  issued,  are  required  to  account  for  them  on 
Form  No.  18-A. 

The  form  below  illustrates  the  method  to  be  foUowed  in  prepar- 
ing a  register  of  vouchers  when  no  complete  transfer  of  account- 
ability occurs. 

Form  No.  18— Cover. 


Nos.  of 
vouch- 
ers. 

Dates. 
1909. 

Register  of  Vouchers. 
Period  ended  June  30,  1909. 

Received  from,  or  issued  to:  (Give  name,  rank,  command,  and  station,  in  every 
instance.) 

1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 

Jany 
Jany 
Mar. 
May 
June 
June 
June 
June 

1 
20 
10 
17 
6 
30 
30 
30 

On  hand  from  last  return,  

*Received  from  predecessor  Major  Jno.  Smith,  Ord.  Dept.,  Rockford  Arsenal,  X.  Y.. 
Received  from  Lt  Thos  Brown  25th  Inf    Fort  Roberts  Wyo 

Issued  to  Capt.  Jno.  Jones,  12th  Cavy.,  Columbia  Bks.,  Mo. 

Received  from  Lt.  Jas.  Williams  C.  A.  C  ,  O.  O  Ft.  Lisbon  111 

Dropped  per  certificate  of  expenditures  ....           ..     .        .... 

Dropped  per  report  of  survey. 

Dropped  per  approved  inventory  and  inspection  report 

Taken  up  as  found,  etc  

Totals. 


*Remaining  on  hand  to  be  accounted  for  on  next  return, 


*NOTE.— When  there  is  nothing  to  be  entered  on  this  line  cross  out  these  words. 


79 

The  form  below  illustrates  the  method  to  be  followed  in  preparing 
a  register  of  vouchers  when  a  complete  transfer  of  accountability 
occurs. 

Form  No.  18— Cover. 


Nos.  of 
vouch- 
ers. 


Dates. 
1909. 


Register  of  Vouchers. 
Period  ended  June  30,  1909. 


Received  from,  or  issued  to:  (Give  name,  rank,  command,  and  station,  in  every 
instance.) 


Feby  1  *Received  from  predecessor,  Lt.  John  Doe,  21st  Inf.,  Ft.  Bailey,  Ky... 

1  Feby  10  Received  from  Major  Jno.  Smith,  Ord.  Dept.,  Rockford  Arsenal,  N.  Y. 

2  Apr.  12  Received  from  Lt.  Thos.  Brown,  25th  Inf.,  Ft.  Roberts,  Wyo 

3  May  18  Issued  to  Capt.  John  Jones,  12th  Cavy.,  Columbia  Bks.,  Mo 

4  May  29  Received  from  Lt.  Jas.  Williams,  C.  A.  C.,  O.  O.  Ft.  Lisbon,  111. 

5  June  29  Dropped  per  certificate  of  expenditures. 
June  30  Dropped  per  report  of  survey 

7     June  30  Dropped  per  approved  inventory  and  inspection  report. . 

Taken  up  as  found,  etc. , 

June  30  *Transferred  to  successor,  Capt.  John  Davis,  25th  Infty.,  U.  S.  A. 

Totals, 
*  Remaining 


*NOTE.— When  there  is  nothing  to  be  entered  on  this  line  cross  out  these  words. 


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The  form  below  illustrates  the  method  to  be  followed  in  making 
appropriate  entries  on  an  inside  sheet  or  page  of  the  return  when  no 
complete  transfer  of  accountability  occurs. 


Form  No.  18— IX— 1  A. 
Class  IX.    Section  1.      (Authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War  August  14,  1906.) 


Page  — . 


1.  Infantry  equipments  and  their  components. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

Nos.  of 
vouchers. 

Blanket 
roll 
straps, 

sets. 

Can- 
teens, 
tin. 

Canteen 
haver- 
sack 
straps. 

Canteen 
straps, 
web. 

Cartridge 
belts, 
woven, 
with 
loops, 
cal.  .30, 
infantry, 
blue. 

Cartridge 
belts, 
woven, 
with 
loops, 
cal.  .30, 
infantry, 
gray. 

Cartridge 
belts, 
woven, 
cal.  .30, 
infantry, 
model 
of  1903. 

Cartridge 
belt 
sus- 
penders. 

Received. 

Issued. 

Received. 

1 

Received. 

Issued. 

1 

i 

Received. 

i 

Received. 

i 

Received. 

j 

Received. 

Issued. 

On  hand  from 

last  return  . 

36 

34 

34 

35 

31 

32 

1... 

12 

12 

3  

10 

10 

4  

4 

3 

Totals.. 

36 

46 

10 

46 

10 

35 

35 

35 

On  hand  to 

be   acc'ted 

for  on  next 

return  

36 

36 

36 

35 

35 

35 

81 


The  form  below  illustrates  the  method  to  be  followed  in  making 
appropriate  entries  on  an  inside  sheet  or  page  of  the  return  when  a 
complete  transfer  of  accountability  occurs. 


Form  No.  18—  IX—  1  A. 
Class  IX.    Section  1.     (Authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War  August  14,  1906.) 


Page  —  . 


Nos.  of 
vouchers. 

1.  Infantry  equipments  and  their  components. 

1 

Blanket 
roll 
straps, 
sets. 

2 

Can- 
teens, 
tin. 

3 

Canteen 
haver- 
sack 
straps. 

4 

Canteen 
straps, 
web. 

5 

Cartridge 
belts, 
woven, 
with 
loops, 
cal.  .30, 
infantry, 
blue. 

6 

Cartridge 
belts, 
woven, 
with 
loops, 
cal.  .30, 
infantry, 
gray. 

7 

Cartridge 
belts, 
woven, 
cal.  .30, 
infantry, 
model 
of  1903. 

8 

Cartridge 
belt 
sus- 
penders. 

1 
1 

« 
36 

i 

1 

34 

12 

1 

1 

_> 

1 

i 

1 

-d 
§ 

i 

I 
1 

I 

i 

tf 

I 

Received. 

i 

1 

32 

1 

On  hand  from 
last  return  . 
1 

34 

35 

31 

.... 

in 

12 

io" 

3 

4 

4 

35 

3 

35 

?6 

36 

Sfi 

35 

Totals  . 

36 

36 

46 

46 

46 

46   I    35 

35 

35 

35 

35 

35 

On  hand  to 
be  acc'ted 
for  on  next 
return  

16596—10 6 


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The  forms  below  illustrate  the  methods  to  be  followed  in  exe- 
cuting certificates  on  the  inside  of  the  back  of  the  cover  of  the 
return. 

(l) 

*I  certify  that  all  the  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  enumerated  on  this  return  as 
transferred  to  Capt.  John  Davis,  21st  Infty.,  U.  S.  A.,  were  actually  turned  over  by 
me  to  this  officer,  on  the  30th  day  of  June,  1909. 

RICHARD  DOE, 
Capt.,  21st  Infty.,  U.  S.  A. 

(2) 

*  I  certify  that  all  the  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  enumerated  on  this  return  as 
transferred  to  Capt.  John  Davis,  21st  Infty.,  U.  S.  A.,  were  this  30th  day  of  June,  1909, 
received  by  me. 

JOHN  DAVIS, 
Capt.,  21st  Infty.,  U.  S.  A. 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  return  exhibits  a  correct  statement  of  the  ordnance  and 
ordnance  stores  in  my  charge  during  the  period  ended  June  30,  1909,  fand  that  I 
have  made  a  careful  inventory  of  the  various  quantities  of  small-arms  ammunition 
for  which  I  am  accountable,  and  have  taken  up  on  my  return  all  surplus  ammunition 
on  hand,  and  that  said  return  shows  the  actual  quantities  of  small-arms  ammunition 
on  hand  at  the  end  of  the  period  for  which  it  is  rendered. 

RICHARD  DOE, 
Capt.,  21st  Infty.,  U.  S.  A.,  IComdg.  Co.  "  M." 

Station,  Fort  Bailey,  Ky. 

July  1,  1909. 

*The  above  certificates  for  transfer  of  property  will  only  be  used  when  a  complete  transfer  of  property 
occurs,  as  provided  by  paragraph  669,  Army  Regulations,  1908,  and  at  no  other  time  and  for  no  other  pur- 
pose. 

When  the  transfer  of  property  is  effected  in  this  manner,  both  certificates  must  be  filled  out  on  the  return 
of  the  transferring  officer. 

t  The  remaining  part  of  this  certificate  is  not  required  from  governors  of  States  accountable  for  small-arms 
ammunition. 

t  Here  state  capacity  in  which  serving,  as  "  Commanding  Co.  B,  9th  U.  S.  Infantry,"  "  Ordnance  Officer, 
Fort  Niagara,  New  York,"  etc. 

192.  The  vouchers  described  and  referred  to  in  the  preceding  para- 
graphs of  these  regulations  authorizing  entries  on  a  return  are  of  two 
kinds,  namely:  The  first  kind,  which  charges  an  officer  with  accounta- 
bility for  the  articles  described  thereon;  and  the  second  kind,  which 
relieves  him  from  accountability  for  such  articles.     Vouchers  of  the 
first  kind  are  known  as  RECEIPT  VOUCHERS  and  the  second  kind  as 

ISSUE  VOUCHERS. 

193.  The  receipt  and  issue  vouchers  pertaining  to  the  semiannual 
return,  first  division,  rendered  by  the  commanding  officers  of  arsenals 
and  ordnance  depots,  and  the  semiannual  return  rendered  by  artillery 
district  ordnance  officers,  are  numbered,  respectively,  in  sequence  for 
each  semiannual  accounting  period,  and  the  voucher  numbers  will  be 


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entered  in  the  lower  right-hand  corner  of  the  voucher,  unless  other 
places  are  designated  for  the  purpose.  The  receipt  and  issue  vouchers 
pertaining  to  other  semiannual  returns  are  numbered  in  sequence, 
for  each  accounting  period,  irrespective  of  whether  they  are  receipt 
or  issue  vouchers.  The  vouchers  pertaining  to  the  semiannual  return, 
second  division,  rendered  by  commanding  officers  of  arsenals  and 
ordnance  depots,  are  numbered  from  1  on,  indefinitely,  irrespective 
of  the  accounting  period;  and  these  numbers  will  have  the  notation 
"2nd  D"  placed  after  them  to  distinguish  the  voucher  from  those 
pertaining  to  other  returns.  When  a  voucher  covers  a  transfer  of 
property,  the  form  provides  for  entering  the  voucher  numbers  per- 
taining to  the  issuing  and  receiving  officers'  returns,  and  entries  of 
these  numbers  will  be  made  by  the  officers  rendering  the  returns. 
When,  therefore,  an  officer  makes  an  issue  of  ordnance  property  cov- 
ered by  a  voucher  providing  for  the  entry  of  such  voucher  numbers, 
he  will  enter  on  the  invoice  and  receipt  vouchers  the  number  that  he 
will  give  the  receipt  voucher  when  it  shall  have  been  returned  to  him; 
similarly,  the  receiving  officer  will  enter  on  the  receipt  which  he  will 
return  to  the  issuing  officer  the  number  that  he  will  give  the  invoice 
as  a  voucher  to  his  return. 

When  vouchers,  such  as  the  abstract  of  transfers  or  certain  cer- 
tificates, are  both  RECEIPT  and  ISSUE  vouchers,  they  will  be  num- 
bered as  such,  but  will  be  filed  'with  the  receipt  vouchers.  These 
vouchers  will  be  numbered  as  follows:  Receipt  voucher  No.  — ,  issue 
voucher  No.  — .  The  absence  of  these  vouchers  from  the  file  of 
issue  vouchers  will  be  accounted  for  as  in  the  case  of  other  absent 
vouchers. 

194.  The  receipt  vouchers  submitted  with  the  semiannual  return, 
first  division,  are  required  to  be  fastened  securely  together  at  the  top 
in  piles  of  suitable  size,  arranged  in  the  order  of  their  numbers;  issue 
vouchers  are  required  to  be  secured  in  a  similar  manner.  When 
vouchers  do  not  accompany  the  return  or  can  not  be  piled  to  ad- 
vantage, a  sheet  will  be  inserted  in  the  proper  pile  and  on  this  sheet 
a  reference  will  be  made  to  the  missing  voucher,  and  the  sheet  will 
be  given  the  same  voucher  number  as  the  voucher.  The  presence  of 
the  sheet  in  the  pile  accounts  for  the  missing  voucher.  Each  pile  of 
vouchers  is  secured  by  top  and  bottom  cardboard  binders.  The 
bottom  binder  (Form  No.  25)  is  alike  for  vouchers  pertaining  to  all 
returns,  but  the  top  binders  are  different;  those  for  the  returns 
rendered  by  commanding  officers  of  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots  are 
designated  as  Form  No.  22,  and  those  for  the  returns  rendered  by 
artillery  district  ordnance  officers  as  Form  No.  23.  Ordnance  officers 
of  recruit  depots  are  also  required  to  secure  their  vouchers  in  similar 


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piles,  and  for  this  purpose  a  bottom  binder,  similar  to  the  one  referred 
to  in  this  paragraph,  and  a  top  binder  (Form  No.  24),  are  supplied. 
In  the  case  of  vouchers  submitted  by  ordnance  officers  of  recruit 
depots,  receipt  and  issue  vouchers  are  secured  in  the  same  pile. 
Vouchers  submitted  by  other  officers  or  custodians  of  ordnance 
property  will  be  fastened  together  in  their  numerical  order  by  a  tape 
or  cord  passing  through  the  openings  provided  at  the  head  of  each 
voucher  for  the  purpose,  and  will  be  so  submitted  with  the  returns. 
When  vouchers  have  not  such  openings,  they  will  be  perforated  for 
the  same  purpose. 

195.  Vouchers  to  the  semiannual  return,  first  division,  will  have 
noted  on  them,  opposite  the  descriptions  of  the  several  articles,  the 
page  number  of  the  return  on  which  the  entries  are  made,  in  order  to 
facilitate  the  auditing  of  such  vouchers. 

196.  All  vouchers  submitted  by  commanding  officers  of  arsenals 
and  ordnance  depots,  except  the  abstract  of  purchases,  report  of 
operations,  abstract  of  transfers,  and  the  abstract  of  sales  may  be 
executed  in  the  name  of  the  responsible  and  accountable  officer  by  a 
subordinate  officer  over  his  signature,  as  "A.  B.  Jones,  Lieut.  Col., 
Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A.,  by  Capt.  S.  T.  Smith,  Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A." 
The  vouchers  covering  receipts  and  issues  of  ordnance  property  at 
arsenals  or  ordnance  depots  will  <be  executed  in  the  name  of  the 
responsible   officer   by    a   subordinate   officer   who   has   immediate 
charge  of  the  receipts  and  issues,  but  vouchers  covering  the  ex- 
penditure of  property,  may  be  executed  by  the  officer,  in  his  own 
name,  having  immediate  control  of  such  expenditures. 

Vouchers  submitted  by  governors  of  States  or  Territories,  or  by  the 
commanding  general  of  the  militia  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  may 
be  executed  in  their  names  by  an  officer  designated  officially  for  the 
purpose,  but  the  order  designating  this  officer  will  be  filed  with  the 
return  with  which  the  vouchers  so  executed  have  been  submitted. 
Vouchers  submitted  with  returns  rendered  by  other  officers  or 
custodians  of  ordnance  property  are  required  to  be  executed  by  them 
in  their  own  names;  except  that  during  the  temporary  absence  of  a 
permanent  commander  of  an  organization,  he  may  designate  the 
officer  in  temporary  command  to  execute  the  vouchers  in  the  name 
of  the  permanent  commander,  but  this  authority  will  be  filed  with 
the  return  with  which  the  vouchers  so  executed  have  been  submitted. 

197.  Articles  will  be  described  on  the  vouchers  in  accordance  with 
their  proper  nomenclature,  and  the  description  will  be  arranged  by 
part,  class,  and  section,  except  in  the  case  of  those  vouchers  the 
preparation  of  which  is  governed  by  special  instructions.     When 
the  classification  of  articles  at  an  ordnance  establishment  is  different 


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from  that  required  to  be  followed  by  an  officer  to  whom  property  is 
invoiced,  it  is  required  that  the  latter  classification  shall  be  followed 
on  the  vouchers  covering  the  transfer.  Reference  to  the  classification 
of  ordnance  property  need  not  be  made  on  the  statements  of  ex- 
penditures, unless  it  is  so  desired  by  a  responsible  officer. 

198.  When  a  voucher  pertaining  to  an  officer's  return  has  been  lost 
it  will  be  replaced  by  a  certified  statement,  or  an  affidavit,  setting 
forth  all  the  facts  in  the  case.     In  extreme  cases,  when  it  is  found 
that  all  the  vouchers  pertaining  to  a  return  have  been  lost  and  copies 
of  them  can  not  be  obtained,  the  responsible  officer  is  required  to  at 
once  make  an  inventory  of  all  the  ordnance  property  on  hand  and 
have  the  quantity  of  each  of  the  different  kinds  of  the  articles  found 
to  be  on  hand  entered  or  taken  up  on  the  return,  and  submit  with 
the  return  an  affidavit  briefly  setting  forth  the  facts  in  the  case  as  to 
why  the  vouchers  are  not  with  the  return  and  that  the  property 
taken  up  on  the  return  covers  the  entire  quantities  of  the  various 
articles  of  ordnance  property  found  to  be  on  hand. 

Ordinarily,  a  responsible  officer  may  obtain  duplicate  invoices  of  all 
the  property  sent  him,  and  from  the  records  in  the  Office  of  the  Chief 
of  Ordnance  a  copy  of  any  return  rendered  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance 
can  always  be  obtained,  from  which,  together  with  the  responsible 
officer's  knowledge  of  the  property  which  may  have  been  expended  or 
otherwise  disposed  of  from  the  property  for  which  he  was  responsible 
during  the  period,  very  accurate  returns  should  be  rendered,  not- 
withstanding the  loss  of  the  vouchers. 

199.  The  semiannual  return,  first  division,  rendered  by  command- 
ing officers  of  arsenals  and  of  ordnance  depots,  on  which  the  articles 
at  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots  embraced  in  the  first  division  are 
accounted  for,  is  a  current  record  of  all  transactions  affecting  the 
quantities  or  conditions  of  such  articles,  or  in  any  other  way  affecting 
the  accountability  therefor. 

The  register  of  vouchers  and  the  various  forms  constituting  the 
inside  sheets  of  the  return  will  be  arranged  in  a  flat-opening,  loose- 
leaf  binder  or  binders,  the  register  of  vouchers  forming  the  first  part 
of  the  return,  and  the  forms  arranged  according  to  the  part,  class, 
and  section,  the  second  and  remaining  part  of  the  return.  The 
arrangement  of  the  register  of  vouchers  and  the  remaining  inside 
sheets  of  the  return  will  be  based  on  the  experience  obtained  in  the 
preparation  of  the  return  for  the  preceding  accounting  period,  and 
the  process  of  arranging  the  return  will  be  conducted  at  such  time 
that  it  will  be  in  condition  for  the  making  of  entries  at  the  beginning 
of  the  accounting  period  irrespective  of  the  condition  of  the  preceding 
return.  The  front  and  back  covers  of  the  return  will  be  omitted  at 


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this  time  from  the  binder.  All  records  pertaining  to  the  return, 
except  those  on  the  covers,  will  be  made  by  an  indelible  pencil. 

The  register  of  vouchers  and  the  remaining  inside  sheets  of  the 
return  provide  for  making  entries  on  the  right-hand  page  only,  in 
order  that  when  they  are  arranged  in  duplicate,  carbon  copies  of  all 
records  may  be  readily  obtained.  When  the  number  of  printed 
headings  pertaining  to  any  form  is  largely  in  excess  of  the  actual 
requirements,  such  sheets  will  be  removed  or  modified  so  as  to  con- 
dense the  return  as  much  as  practicable.  When  sheets  with  blank 
headings  are  employed  exclusively  to  cover  accountability  for  articles 
for  which  printed  headings  are  not  furnished,  the  headings  will  be 
arranged  alphabetically  for  each  section  of  the  different  classes. 
The  inside  sheets  containing  the  records  of  the  quantities  of  the 
different  articles  on  hand  will  be  paged;  the  register  of  vouchers  need 
not  be  paged.  The  inserting  of  inside  sheets  with  blank  headings  at 
this  time  in  excess  of  the  actual  requirements  is  prohibited  since  it 
might  subsequently  result  in  the  removal  of  these  leaves  and  a  con- 
sequent break  in  the  sequence  of  the  page  numbers. 

When  the  return  for  the  previous  accounting  period  shall  have 
been  completed,  the  entries  of  the  quantities  brought  forward  from 
this  return  will  be  made  so  as  to  show  the  quantities  which  are  new, 
cleaned  and  repaired,  unserviceable,  and  in  current  service,  as  indi- 
cated on  the  various  forms  of  the  return ;  these  entries  will  generally 
be  made  subsequent  to  the  entries  authorized  by  vouchers  based  on 
transactions  since  the  beginning  of  the  accounting  period.  As  trans- 
actions occur  affecting  the  accountability  of  the  articles  reported  on 
this  return,  the  vouchers  authorizing  the  transactions  will  be  num- 
bered, and  entries  of  the  numbers  in  sequence  and  a  description  of 
the  voucher  will  be  made  on  the  register  of  vouchers  in  the  columns 
provided  for  the  purpose ;  but  the  page  numbers  of  the  return  on  which 
the  entries  are  made  will  not  be  entered  on  the  register.  When  the 
transaction  is  an  issue  to  an  officer  or  agent  of  the  Government,  the 
voucher  will  be  described  by  giving  the  name  or  official  title  of  the 
receiving  officer;  when  the  transaction  is  a  receipt  from  an  officer  or 
agent  of  the  Government,  the  voucher  will  be  described  by  giving 
the  name  or  official  title  of  the  issuing  officer.  When  transactions 
are  governed  by  such  vouchers  as  abstract  of  purchases,  reports  of 
operations,  abstract  of  sales,  abstract  of  transfers,  statement  of 
expenditures,  etc.,  these  vouchers  will  be  described  in  the  column  for 
the  name  of  the  receiving  or  issuing  officer,  as — 

Abstract  of  purchases  for  —      —  (naming  the  month). 

Statement  of  expenditures  in  the  manufacture  of  -  -  (briefly  describing  the 
articles). 

Statement  of  expenditures  on  account  of  shop  expenses  for  the  month  of  —  —  (nam- 
ing the  month). 


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The  entries  authorized  by  the  different  vouchers  affecting  the 
accountability  of  the  articles  will  be  made  on  the  several  sheets  of 
the  return  by  first  entering  the  voucher  numbers  in  sequence  in  their 
appropriate  columns  and  at  the  same  time  the  remaining  entries  on 
the  lines  with  the  corresponding  voucher  numbers  and  the  appropri- 
ate columns  under  the  headings  of  the  articles  affected  by  the  trans- 
actions. When  the  transaction  is  a  receipt  of  articles  of  ordnance 
property,  the  voucher  is  a  receipt  voucher,  and  its  number  will  appear 
in  the  marginal  column  headed  " Receipts"  on  the  several  sheets  on 
which  the  articles  are  accounted  for,  and  the  entries  of  the  quantities 
of  the  different  articles  received  will  be  entered  in  the  column  headed 
"Receipts"  under  the  heading  descriptive  of  the  article  so  received. 
When  the  transaction  is  an  issue  of  articles  of  ordnance  property,  a 
like  method  will  be  followed,  except  that  the  entries  will  be  in  the 
columns  headed  "Issues."  Entries  will  be  made  so  as  to  utilize  the 
blank  spaces  to  the  fullest  extent  so  that  there  will  be  no  blank 
horizontal  lines  on  any  page  between  entries  authorized  by  vouchers; 
but  the  entries  authorized  by  a  receipt  voucher  and  those  authorized  by 
an  issue  voucher  will  not  be  made  on  the  same  line  of  a  sheet  of  the 
return.  Since  the  return  is  required  to  be  a  current  record  of  all 
transactions  entered  on  it,  entries  pertaining  to  the  vouchers  of  a 
daily  character  will  usually  be  made  in  the  return  on  the  following 
day;  those  pertaining  to  vouchers  of  a  monthly  character,  such  as 
abstracts  of  sales,  will  be  made  in  the  return  not  later  than  the  20th 
of  the  month  following  that  to  which  the  voucher  pertains.  The 
numbering  of  the  vouchers  and  the  making  of  the  entries  authorized 
by  them  will  be  practically  simultaneous  transactions. 

As  all  entries  showing  either  receipts  or  issues  of  an  article  will 
appear  in  the  same  column,  whether  they  are  new,  cleaned  and 
repaired,  or  unserviceable,  the  condition  of  the  quantities  of  the  arti- 
cles so  entered  will  be  distinguished  from  one  another  by  placing  a 
line  under  the  entries  affecting  cleaned  and  repaired  quantities,  as 
26 ;  and  by  inclosing  in  a  circle  entries  affecting  unserviceable  quan- 
tities, as  (26).  When  quantities  of  the  same  article  are  carried  in 
stock  and  also  used  in  current  service,  transactions  affecting  the  latter 
will  be  indicated  by  a  triangle  about  the  entry,  as  /^X-  These 

instructions  do  not  pertain  to  entries  where  spaces  are  provided  for 
the  entering  of  articles  as  "new,"  " cleaned  and  repaired,"  "unserv- 
iceable," and  "in  current  use." 

When  during  the  preparation  of  the  return  additional  inside  sheets 
are  introduced  to  provide  for  accountability  for  articles  not  heretofore 
shown  thereon,  such  inside  sheets  will  receive  the  page  numbers  of 
the  sheets  which  they  immediately  succeed,  followed  by  letters  to 


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identify  them,  as  26a,  26&,  35a,  49a,  etc.  The  method  of  paging  illus- 
trated indicates  that  inside  sheets  having  page  numbers  26a,  265, 
etc.,  were  introduced  after  the  inside  sheet  having  the  page  number 
26,  etc. 

When  entries  appear  on  all  lines  of  a  page,  additional  leaves  with- 
out headings  will  be  inserted  to  provide  for  continuing  the  record  and 
to  save  the  writing  in  of  headings;  and  the  entries  will  be  continued 
on  these  additional  sheets.  The  quantities  of  the  articles  reported 
on  each  sheet  will,  however,  be  footed  and  brought  forward  to  the 
next  additional  sheet ;  but  the  records  pertaining  to  the  final  account- 
ability will  only  be  entered  on  the  last  additional  sheet.  These  addi- 
tional leaves  will  not  be  given  separate  page  numbers,  but  are  consid- 
ered as  having  the  same  page  numbers  as  the  sheets  on  which  the 
headings  appear  and  with  which  they  form  a  continuous  record. 

When  all  the  entries  have  been  made  on  a  sheet  or  sheets  having 
the  same  page  number  for  a  semiannual  period,  the  various  columns 
will  be  footed  and  the  appropriate  entries  made  on  the  last  sheets  in 
the  spaces  provided  for  the  purpose,  so  as  to  show  distinctly  the 
accountability  at  the  close  of  the  period. 

The  return  for  the  second  semiannual  period  of  a  fiscal  year  will  give 
on  the  last  sheet  of  each  page  in  the  proper^spaces  the  actual  inventory 
of  the  various  articles  on  hand  at  the  close  of  the  year,  with  their 
values.  These  values  will  be  given  for  serviceable  and  unserviceable 
articles,  respectively;  the  serviceable  articles  being  considered  as 
comprising  new,  cleaned  and  repaired,  and  those  in  current  service. 
As  the  forms  do  not  provide  specifically  for  the  entering  of  the  unit 
prices  of  the  different  articles,  these  prices  will  be  entered  directly 
underneath  the  respective  headings  descriptive  of  the  articles.  In 
the  absence  of  specific  instructions  to  the  contrary,  no  difference  in 
value  will  be  stated  for  new  and  cleaned  and  repaired  articles  for 
issue  to  the  service.  The  value  of  the  unserviceable  articles  will  be 
determined  by  the  accountable  officer.  When  the  quantities  to  be 
accounted  for  as  then  ascertained  and  the  inventory  differ,  the  differ- 
ences will  be  noted  as  provided  for  on  the  return ;  figures  representing 
surpluses  being  indicated  by  the  plus  sign,  and  those  representing 
shortages  by  the  minus  sign.  All  surpluses  will  be  taken  up  on  the 
return,  using  the  appropriate  certificate  as  a  voucher  for  the  purpose, 
and  all  deficiencies  will  be  dropped  from  the  return  on  a  proper  report 
of  survey  or  other  satisfactory  voucher.  When  the  inventory  indicates 
such  differences,  the  accountability  then  stated  on  the  return  will 
therefore  be  corrected  to  agree  with  the  inventory.  Such  corrections 
will  not  be  made  on  the  subsequent  returns.  The  entries  showing 
the  surpluses  and  deficiencies  will  be  retained  on  the  return,  since 
they  furnish  the  appropriate  records  giving  the  degree  of  correctness 


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of  the  accountability  revealed  by  the  entries  made  on  the  return 
prior  to  the  taking  of  the  inventory.  When  the  manufacture,  repair, 
or  alteration  of  definite  quantities  of  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores 
authorized  by  allotments  has  not  been  completed,  the  quantities  of 
the  materials  entering  into  the  manufacture,  repair,  or  alteration,  as 
obtained  from  the  cost-keeping  records,  will  be  entered  in  the  appro- 
priate spaces  on  a  line  with  the  words  "Material  undergoing  manu- 
facture," etc.  Credit  will  be  taken  for  the  various  quantities  of  these 
materials  as  though  they  were  on  hand  in  an  unfinished  condition, 
and  therefore  the  quantities  of  these  materials  will  not  be  considered 
as  deficiencies  and  so  reported.  (See  Article  XV  of  these  regulations.) 
When  all  the  entries  required  to  be  made  on  the  several  sheets  of 
the  return  have  been  completed,  the  sheets  in  which  the  original  en- 
tries were  made  will  be  separated  from  those  on  which  the  carbon 
records  were  made;  the  sheets  containing  the  original  entries  will 
then  be  arranged  as  they  were  in  the  binder,  or  binders,  and  placed  in 
the  front  and  back  covers  of  the  return;  the  front  and  back  covers 
will  be  filled  in  by  pen  and  ink  as  indicated,  and  the  certificate  of  cor- 
rectness of  the  return  will  be  signed  by  the  accountable  officer.  The 
return,  including  the  covers,  will  now  be  secured  in  the  canvas  binder 
prescribed  for  the  purpose  by  means  of  brass  posts  forming  part  of 
the  canvas  binder  which  pass  through  the  openings  in  the  covers  and 
sheets  of  the  return.  When  the  original  and  retained  returns  shall 
have  been  secured  to  the  canvas  binder  and  completed  as  required 
by  this  paragraph,  the  former  will  be  ready  for  transmission  to  the 
"Chief  of  Ordnance,  and  the  other  for  file  as  part  of  the  arsenal  records. 
The  canvas  binder  prescribed  for  permanently  securing  the  return 
may  be  procured  of  different  dimensions  in  order  that  it  may  corre- 
spond to  the  thicknesses  of  returns  rendered  by  the  different  arsenals 
and  ordnance  depots. 

200.  The  semiannual  return  rendered  by  artillery  district  ordnance 
officers  will  be  prepared  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  furnished 
in  the  preceding  paragraph  of  these  regulations,  with  the  following 
exceptions: 

(a)  Accounting  for  property  by  artillery  district  ordnance  officers 
as  new,  cleaned  and  repaired,  in  current  service,  and  as  unserviceable, 
will  not  be  required,  and  such  property  will  be  considered  as  service- 
able   or   unserviceable;  and    the    several    quantities    of   serviceable 
property  will  be  brought  forward  and  footed  as  new;  and  no  entries 
will  therefore  be  made  for  property  as  cleaned  and  repaired,  and  in 
current  service. 

(b)  The  blank  spaces  at  the  foot  of  the  inside  sheets,  providing  for 
making  entries  of  the  various  articles  on  hand,  together  with  their 


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condition  and  value  as  shown  by  an  inventory,  are  for  the  use  of 
commanding  officers  of  ordnance  establishments  only,  and  will  not 
be  filled  in  by  artillery  district  ordnance  officers. 

(c)  Artillery  district  ordnance  officers  are  required  to  enter  in  the 
proper  column  in  the  register  of  vouchers  the  page  numbers  of  the 
entries  made  on  the  return,  based  on  the  vouchers  described  on  the 
register. 

(d)  Canvas  binders  are  not  furnished  to  artillery  district  ordnance 
officers  in  which  to  permanently  secure  their  returns,  but  instead  the 
original  and  retained  returns  will  be  placed  in  the  front  and  back 
covers  of  the  return  and  secured  to  them  by  a  tape  passing  through 
the  openings  in  the  covers  and  sheets  provided  for  the  purpose. 

201.  The  semiannual  return,  second  division,  on  which  the  articles 
at  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots  embraced  in  the  second  division  are 
accounted  for,  is  a  semiannual  report  covering  the  status  of  the 
quantities,  conditions,  etc.,  of  the  articles  of  ordnance  property 
embraced  in  this  division.  But  the  various  record  cards,  which  are 
supplemental  parts  of  this  return,  are  required  to  be  current  records 
of  all  transactions  affecting  the  quantities  or  conditions  of  the  articles 
reported  on  them. 

The  record  card  for  each  article  is  required  to  give  its  name, 
classification,  disposition,  unit  cost,  and  if  practicable  the  date  of  its 
introduction  into  the  service.  The  disposition  of  the  article  refers  to 
whether  it  is  in  stock  for  issue  to  the  service,  or  whether  it  is  for  current 
service ;  if  an  article  has  been  procured  exclusively  for  current  service 
it  will  be  reported  as  in  current  service  even  if  it  is  in  stock.  For 
such  articles  as  buildings,  appurtenances  to  buildings,  components  of 
the  power  plant,  machines,  and  similar  articles  in  current  service,  the 
annual  depreciation  as  a  percentage  of  the  lives  of  the  articles  will 
be  stated.  The  capacity  in  which  the  accountable  officer  is  serving 
will  be  given  at  the  bottom  of  each  card.  If  it  is  found  that  the 
amount  of  the  annual  depreciation  of  an  article  is  in  error  it  may  be 
modified  at  any  time  by  the  responsible  officer.  When  trophies  are 
accounted  for  on  record  cards  they  will  be  fully  described  and  any 
inscription  found  on  them  will  be  stated.  If  practicable,  the  name 
of  the  officer  who  made  the  capture,  and  the  place  of  capture,  will  be 
stated.  As  the  number  of  transactions  in  trophies  is  limited,  the 
backs  of  the  record  cards  may  be  utilized  for  giving  the  additional 
detailed  information  herein  required. 

Whenever  a  transaction  occurs  affecting  the,  quantities  or  condition 
of  any  of  the  articles  pertaining  to  this  division,  or  in  any  other  way 
affecting  the  accountability  therefor,  the  record  on  the  appropriate 
card  for  this  article  will  be  continued  to  give  the  date  of  the  trans- 


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action,  the  number  of  the  voucher  authorizing  it,  the  quantity  on 
hand  or  condition  resulting  from  the  transaction,  and  these  data  will 
be  certified  to  by  the  accountable  officer  placing  his  initials  in  the 
column  provided  for  the  purpose.  When  the  initials  of  the  account- 
able officer  are  stamped  in  this  column,  the  entry  will  be  verified  by 
the  subordinate  officer  immediately  responsible  for  the  transactions. 
The  record  cards  are  provided  with  only  one  column  for  the  entering 
of  the  quantities  on  hand,  so  that  an  entry  will  not  be  made  directly 
of  the  quantity  shown  on  a  voucher,  but  the  actual  quantity  on  hand 
as  shown  by  the  previous  entry,  modified  by  the  quantity  stated  on 
the  voucher.  When  a  transaction  occurs  in  an  article  which  shows 
a  variation  in  the  cost  of  it,  the  cost  as  shown  by  the  transaction  will 
be  recorded  in  the  proper  column  and  on  the  line  descriptive  of  the 
transaction.  When  a  number  of  transactions  occur  in  these  articles 
during  a  month  the  appropriate  cards  on  which  the  changes  were 
made  will  be  mailed  monthly  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  accompanied 
by  the  vouchers  on  which  the  transactions  were  based,  and  without 
letter  of  transmittal.  If  a  voucher  pertains  to  both  forms  of  returns, 
it  will  nevertheless  be  transmitted.  When  these  record  cards  shall 
have  been  audited  the  duplicate  cards  covering  accountability  for 
the  same  articles  on  file  in  the  Office  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  will  be 
returned  to  the  accountable  officer,  together  with  any  voucher  per- 
taining to  the  semiannual  return,  first  division.  On  receipt  of  these 
duplicate  cards  by  'the  accountable  officer  he  is  required  to  continue 
the  records  on  them  so  that  they  will  agree  with  those  previously 
transmitted  and  on  file  in  the  Ordnance  Office.  It  may  be  found 
convenient  to  have  a  triplicate  set  of  cards  on  hand  at  the  different 
ordnance  establishments,  so  that  the  accountability  for  the  articles 
in  which  transactions  occurred  during  a  month  will  be  fully  provided 
for  during  the  interval  required  to  transmit,  audit,  and  return  the 
duplicate  cards. 

At  the  close  of  the  semiannual  period  the  accountable  officer  will 
furnish  the  CERTIFICATE  which  constitutes  the  semiannual  return, 
second  division,  on  which  he  will  relate  the  quantities  and  conditions 
of  the  articles  in  which  transactions  have  occurred  during  the  period 
and  state  that  for  the  remaining  articles  the  accountability  is  the  same 
as  at  the  close  of  the  preceding  accounting  period.  This  certificate 
will  be  furnished  in  the  following  language : 

SEMIANNUAL  RETURN,  SECOND  DIVISION. 


Arsenal, 
-,  19-. 


I  certify  that  the  quantities  and  conditions  of  the  articles  of  ordnance  property 
pertaining  to  the  SECOND  DIVISION  were  the  same  at  the  close  of  the  last  semiannual 
accounting  period  as  they  were  at  the  close  of  the  previous  semiannual  accounting 


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period,  except  in  the  case  of  the  following  articles  of  ordnance  property  in  which 
transactions  have  occurred  during  the  semiannual  period,  and  that  a  careful  inven- 
tory has  been  made  of  all  articles  on  hand  and  the  return  covers  the  actual  quantities 
of  each  of  the  different  articles  at  the  end  of  the  period  for  which  it  is  rendered. 

The  quantities  and  conditions  of  the  articles  in  which  transactions 
occurred  will  be  stated  immediately  below  the  above  form  of  certifi- 
cate, and  the  signature  of  the  accountable  officer  to  the  certificate 
will  be  placed  immediately  below  the  enumeration  of  the  articles  in 
which  transactions  have  occurred.  When  the  return  does  not  per- 
tain to  the  second  half  of  the  fiscal  year,  the  clause  certifying  to  the 
taking  of  the  inventory  at  the  close  of  this  period  will  be  struck  out. 
A  duplicate  certificate  will  be  executed  to  constitute  the  retained 
return. 

When  surpluses  or  deficiencies  are  found  in  the  quantities  of  the 
articles  accounted  for  on  this  return,  corrections  will  be  made  on  the 
appropriate  record  cards,  which  will  be  based  on  the  vouchers  re- 
quired for  the  purpose.  Since  such  corrections  of  the  record  cards 
involve  a  change  in  accountability  for  the  articles  reported  thereon, 
these  cards  are  required  to  be  transmitted  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance 
as  in  case  of  any  other  transactions  affecting  the  accountability  of 
the  articles. 

The  various  returns  of  the  SECOND  DIVISION  of  ordnance  property 
and  the  record  cards  and  vouchers  pertaining  exclusively  thereto 
will  be  filed  at  each  ordnance  establishment,  so  as  to  provide  for  their 
safety  and  accessibility  at  all  times.  The  record  cards  will  be  filed 
in  suitable  drawers,  in  which  they  will  be  arranged  according  to  part, 
class,  and  section  of  the  classification. 

When  the  transaction  in  any  article  of  ordnance  property  pertain- 
ing to  this  division  exhausts  the  quantity  previously  on  hand,  the 
appropriate  record  card  is  no  longer  considered  a  live  card,  and  will 
be  filed  in  a  separate  drawer  wherein  such  inactive  cards  will  be  ar- 
ranged according  to  their  classification.  If  a  transaction  subse- 
quently occurs  in  this  article,  the  same  card  will  be  again  filed  with 
the  live  cards  and  the  record  continued  thereon. 

When  the  records  of  transactions  occupy  all  available  space  on  a 
card  an  additional  card  will  be  employed,  and  reference  will  be  made 
on  this  card  showing  that  the  records  thereon  are  a  continuation  of 
those  on  a  previous  card.  For  the  purpose  of  accountability  these 
two  cards,  and  any  additional  cards  that  may  be  found  necessary 
for  the  continuation  of  the  record,  will  be  considered  as  one  card. 

202.  After  the  completion  of  the  annual  inventory  at  arsenals  and 
ordnance  depots,  the  values  of  all  ordnance  property  on  hand  and 
accounted  for  on  the  two  forms  of  returns  will  be  summarized  and 
entered  on  the  inside  of  the  back  of  the  cover  of  the  semiannual 


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return,  first  division.     These  values  will  be  summarized  under  the 
following  headings: 

Land $ 

Buildings  and  other  permanent  structures  for  manufacturing 
purposes 

Buildings  and  other  permanent  structures  for  other  purposes. . . 


Total  real  estate $ 

Power  plant,  machinery,  machine  tools,  fixtures,  and  other  articles  for 
manufacturing  purposes 

Machines,  tools,  and  utensils,  and  other  articles  for  other  purposes 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  on  hand  for  issue 

Materials  undergoing  manufacture 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  on  hand  for  experimental  purposes  exclu- 
sively   

Obsolete  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  on  hand  for  issue  or  other  dispo- 
sition.. 


Grand  total. 


When  articles  of  ordnance  property  are  used  for  experimental  pur- 
poses incidental  to  manufacturing  operations  at  an  ordnance  estab- 
lishment, they  will  be  considered  as  pertaining  to  the  manufacturing 
plant  and  so  reported  in  the  preceding  statement. 

203.  When  an  article  of  ordnance  property  is  a  component  of 
several  authorized  sets  of  articles  for  issue  to  the  service  the  account- 
ability for  this  article  will  be  found  under  several  headings  having  the 
same  nomenclature  and  under  different  classifications,  but  the  ob- 
ject of  the  accountability  in  such  cases  is  not  to  provide  specifically  for 
the  accounting  for  the  component,  but  for  the  sets  of  articles  to  which 
it  pertains.  A  similar  case  arises  when  an  article  is  a  component  of 
an  authorized  set  for  issue  to  the  service  and  is  also  used  in  current 
service. 

Since  the  classification  of  ordnance  property  depends  largely  upon 
its  application  in  service,  a  distinct  article  may  be  accounted  for 
under  more  than  one  class,  but  to  avoid  the  confusion  which  will 
result  from  such  accounting  it  is  required  that  the  entire  quantity  of 
the  article  shall  be  accounted  for  under  the  classification  wherein 
the  greatest  number  of  transactions  in  this  article  will  be  likely  to 
occur.  Certain  paper  silhouettes  are  used  in  mobile-artillery  practice 
and  also  in  small-arms  practice,  and  the  accountability  for  these 
articles  will  be  provided  for  under  the  class  to  which  targets  for 
small-arms  practice  pertain,  provided  the  accountable  officer  is 
responsible  for  similar  articles  under  this  classification. 

When  articles  of  ordnance  property  procured  at  an  arsenal  or 
ordnance  depot  for  issue  to  the  service  are  also  used  in  current  service 
they  will  be  accounted  for  under  the  classification  to  which  such 


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issues  to  the  service  pertain.  When  horse  equipments,  which  are 
articles  of  issue  to  the  service,  are  used  in  current  service 'they  will 
therefore  be  accounted  for  under  the  classification  to  which  horse 
equipments,  as  articles  of  issue,  pertain;  but  as  cleaning,  preserving, 
and  repairing  supplies  are  of  a  general  character  this  rule  will  not  be 
applied  to  them,  and  such  articles  when  used  in  current  service  will  be 
accounted  for  under  the  appropriate  classification  for  such  articles. 

When  an  article  of  ordnance  property  is  incomplete  by  reason  of  a 
missing  part  which  is  not  listed  as  a  standard  component,  the  in- 
complete article  will  be  accounted  for  as  without  the  part.  But  when 
the  absence  of  the  part  from  the  article  is  only  temporary,  a  formal 
change  in  the  heading  on  the  return  need  not  be  made,  and  the 
absence  of  the  part  will  be  accounted  for  by  a  footnote  to  the  return, 
giving  the  status  of  the  article ;  and  this  footnote  will  be  erased  on  the 
return  of  the  missing  part. 

204.  When  it  is   desired    to   transfer  accountability  for  certain 
articles  of  ordnance  property  at  an  arsenal  or  ordnance  depot  from 
one  form  of  the  semiannual  return  to  the  other,  a  letter  will  be 
addressed  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  describing  the  quantities  and 
kinds  of  articles  and  the  forms  of  return  from  which  and  to  which  it  is 
desired   to    transfer   the    accountability.      In   case   the    application 
meets  with  the  approval  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  a  copy  of  this 
communication  and  of  the  approval  will  constitute  a  voucher  for  the 
purpose  of  making  the  desired  transfer. 

205.  (a)  When  a  commanding  officer  at  an  arsenal  or  ordnance 
depot  is  succeeded  in  that  capacity  by  another,   the  transfer  of 
accountability  on  the  semiannual  return,  first  division,  will  be  made 
by  entering  immediately  below  the  last  transaction  on  each  page  and 
in  the  columns  for  " Issues"  the  quantities  of  the  various  articles 
transferred,  and  inserting  in  the  column  headed  "  Voucher  numbers" 
and  on  a  line  with  the  entries  the  words  "  Transferred  to  - 
(naming  the  officer).     The  various  entries  in  the  columns  for  " Re- 
ceipts" and  " Issues"  on  each  page  of  the  return  will  then  be  footed 
and  the  word  " Totals"  entered  directly  under  the  name  of  the  officer 
to  whom  the  property  has  been  transferred.     Heavy  lines  will  be 
drawn  immediately  above  and  below  the  entries  opposite  the  word 
"Totals,"  so  as  to  clearly  indicate  the  prominence  of  the  transaction. 
The  evidence  of  the  receipt  of  the  property  by  the  incoming  officer  will 
be  shown  immediately  below  the  preceding  entries  by  entering  the 
quantities   of    the   various   articles    received    in   the   columns    for 
"Receipts,"    and    stating   directly  under   the   word   "Totals"    and 
on  a  line  with  the  entries  the  words  "Received  from  predecessor." 
The  following  statement  of  an  account  illustrates  the  method  of 
stating  the  transfer  of  accountability  on  the  return: 


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Voucher  numbers. 

1 

Ball  cartridges, 
cal.  .30,  model  of 
1906  rifle. 

2 

Blank  cartridges, 
cal.  .30,  model  or 
1906  rifle. 

3 

Dummy  cartridges, 
cal.  .30,  model  of 
1906  rifle. 

Receipts. 

Issues. 

Receipts. 

Issues. 

Receipts. 

Issues. 

Receipts. 

Issues. 

Brought 
forward. 

New  

563,264 

97,074 

6.147 

C.  &  R.... 

Uns  

9,4.50 

1,764 

896 

C.S  

181 

® 

@ 

182 

29,000 

4,000 

187 

gro) 

9,900 

192 

36,  440 

547 

5,000 

640 

6,000 

230 

80,000 

241 

179,000 

52,000 

698 

10,000 

20,000 

730 

1,000 

263 

94,000 

38,000 

3,038 

264 

© 

1,100 

280 

87,000 

282 

25,000 

® 

Transferred  to  Lt.  Col. 
Jno.  Doe,  O.  D  

918,876 

175,  738 

9,381 

Totals.... 

939,876 

939,876 

282,  7o8 

282,738 

10,381 

10,381 

Received  from  prede- 
cessor   

918,876 

175,  738 

9,381 

820 

4,800 

283 

(70) 
49,930 

(j^OOO) 

500 

833 

48,000 

20,000 

286 

36,000 

288 

64,800 

290 

& 

294 

23,000 

319 

Totals.... 

New  

1,080,534  !      52,800 

173,974 

20,  000 

8,GS5 

C.  &R.... 

Uns  

14,  132 

6,764 

1,196 

C.S  

To  be  ac- 
counted 
for. 

New  

1,027 

734 

153,974 

8,685 

C.  &  R.... 

Uns 

14,  132 

6,764 

1,196 

C.S  

Inven- 
tory. 

New  

C.  &R.... 

Uns  

C.  S 

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When  surpluses  or  deficiencies  are  found  on  transfer  of  the  property 
the  appropriate  vouchers  will  bo  prepared  in  order  that  the  entries 
covering  the  corrections  will  be  made  on  the  return,  prior  to  those 
stating  the  transfer  of  the  accountability.  The  certificates  of  the 
transferring  and  receiving  officers  will  be  completed  on  the  inside  of 
the  back  cover  of  the  return  as  indicated  by  the  forms  provided  for 
the  purpose.  When  the  certificate  of  the  receiving  officer  shall  have 
been  completed  the  outgoing  officer  will  be  relieved  from  account- 
ability for  the  property  embraced  in  the  FIRST  DIVISION,  and  the 
return  will  be  continued  as  if  no  transfer  of  accountability  had  taken 
place. 

(6)  When  a  transfer  of  accountability  is  made  for  the  property 
embraced  in  the  SECOND  DIVISION  the  transferring  officer  will  transmit 
to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  the  duplicate  set  of  record  cards  on  file  at 
the  arsenal  or  depot,  accompanied  by  the  following  certificate: 

I  certify  that  all  the  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  shown  on  hand  by  the  record 

cards  transmitted  herewith  have  this  day  of  been  transferred  by  me 

to  -      —  (naming  the  incoming  officer). 


Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  Army. 
Number  of  cards  —     — . 

The  receipt  of  the  incoming  officer  will  be  stated  immediately 
below  the  preceding  certificate,  as  follows : 

I  certify  that  all  the  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  shown  on  hand  by  the  record 

cards  transmitted  herewith  have  been  received  by  me  from (naming  the  officer), 

on  this day  of . 

Ord.  Dept.,  U.  S.  Army. 
Number  of  cards . 

These  certificates  will  be  prepared  in  duplicate  and  one  set  will  be 
filed  at  the  arsenal  or  depot  where  the  property  is  located.  Each 
certificate  will  state  the  number  of  accompanying  record  cards. 

When  the  record  cards,  accompanied  by  the  preceding  certificates, 
shall  have  been  received  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  they  will  be  com- 
pared with  the  record  cards  in  the  Ordnance  Office,  and  in  case  they 
agree  the  outgoing  officer  will  be  relieved  from  further  accountability 
for  the  property  and  the  duplicate  set  of  record  cards  will  be  trans- 
mitted to  the  incoming  officer. 

When  surpluses  or  deficiencies  are  found  on  the  transfer  of  property 
embraced  hi  this  division  they  will  be  accounted  for  by  the  appro- 
priate vouchers  as  in  case  of  transfer  of  the  property  embraced  in  the 
FIRST  DIVISION;  but  it  will  first  be  necessary  for  the  outgoing  officer 


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to  transmit  the  duplicate  set  of  record  cards  containing  the  desired 
corrections  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  for  audit.  When  the  set  of 
record  cards  previously  on  file  in  the  Ordnance  Office  shall  have  been 
returned  to  the  outgoing  officer,  he  will  have  them  corrected  and 
returned  to  the  Ordnance  Office,  accompanied  by  his  own  certificate 
and  that  of  the  receiving  officer. 

When  the  next  semiannual  return,  second  division,  shall  have 
been  rendered  by  the  incoming  officer,  the  certificate  forming  part  of 
this  return  will  be  modified  in  part  to  read  as  follows: 

I  certify  that  the  quantities  and  condition  of  the  articles  of  ordnance  property 
pertaining  to  the  SECOND  DIVISION  were  the  same  at  the  close  of  the  last  semiannual 
accounting  period  as  they  were  when  the  property  was  transferred  to  me  *  *  * 

(c)  When  ordnance  property  is  transferred  from  one  commanding 
officer  to  another,  the  date  of  the  transfer  will  be  at  such  time  that 
all  entries  pertaining  to  vouchers  of  the  preceding  month  shall  have 
been  entered  on  the  return.  Transfers  of  accountability  will  not  take 
place  when  the  relief  of  the  commanding  officer  is  only  temporary. 

206.  When  an  artillery  district  ordnance  officer  is  succeeded  in  that 
capacity  by  another,  the  same  method  of  transferring  accountability 
and  of  continuing  the  return  will  be  followed  as  that  described  in  the 
preceding  paragraph  for  transfers  of  accountability  made  on  the 
semiannual  return,  first  division,  rendered  by  commanding  officers  of 
arsenals  and  ordnance  depots. 

207.  The  semiannual  returns  of  commanding  officers  of  arsenals 
and  ordnance  depots  for  the  first  six  months  of  a  fiscal  year,  will  be 
forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  not  later  than  thirty  days  after 
the  expiration  of  the  period;  for  the  second  six  months,  the  period 
will  be  extended  to  ninety  days  on  account  of  the  time  required  in 
taking  the  inventory. 

The  annual  returns  required  of  governors  of  States  or  Territories, 
and  the  commanding  general  of  the  militia  of  the  District  of  Columbia, 
will  be  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  the  Division  of  Militia  Affairs,  War 
Department,  not  later  than  February  28  of  each  year. 

Semiannual  returns  of  commanding  officers  of  troops,  batteries, 
companies  and  of  regimental  or  post  ordnance  officers  and  other  custo- 
dians of  ordnance  property  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance 
within  twenty  days  after  the  period  to  which  they  relate;  but  returns 
rendered  by  officers  on  duty  in  the  Philippines  Division  will  be  for- 
warded to  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  the  division,  who,  after  a 
preliminary  examination,  will  forward  them  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

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ARTICLE  XV. 
INVENTORIES  OF  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

See  A.  R.  697  of  1908. 


All  officers  accountable  for  small-arms  ammunition,  except 
commanding  officers  of  arsenals  and  other  ordnance  establishments, 
are  required,  before  rendering  their  returns  for  any  period,  to  take  an 
inventory,  as  of  the  last  day  thereof,  of  all  small-arms  ammunition 
for  which  they  are  responsible.  This  inventory  will  cover  all  small- 
arms  ammunition  for  which  an  officer  is  responsible,  including  that 
which  may  be  on  the  target  range  and  in  the  possession  of  soldiers. 
The  certificate  submitted  with  the  returns  rendered  by  these  officers 
requires  that  they  shall  show  the  actual  quantities  of  small-arms 
ammunition  on  hand  at  the  end  of  the  period  for  which  they  have 
been  rendered. 

209.  Post  ordnance  officers  of  coast  artillery  posts  and  commanding 
officers  of  coast  artillery  companies  responsible  for  artillery  ammuni- 
tion are  required  to  take,  at  the  end  of  each  semiannual  accounting 
period,  an  inventory  of  the  artillery  ammunition  for  which  they  are 
responsible  and  to  forward  to  the  artillery  district  ordnance  officer 
the  following  certificate:  "I  certify  that  I  have  made  a  careful  inven- 
tory of  the  artillery  ammunition  for  which  I  am  responsible,  and  that 
the  memorandum  receipt  furnished  by  me  shows  the  actual  quantities 
of  such  ammunition  on  hand." 

When  the  accountability  for  artillery  ammunition  devolves  upon 
the  ordnance  officer  of  a  coast  artillery  post  the  following  certificate 
will  be  prepared  by  him  and  forwarded  with  his  return:  "I  certify 
that  I  have  made  a  careful  inventory  of  the  artillery  ammunition  for 
which  I  am  responsible,  and  that  the  return  rendered  by  me  shows 
the  actual  quantities  of  such  ammunition  on  hand." 

Certificates  furnished  by  ordnance  officers  of  coast  artillery  posts 
are  held  to  apply  only  to  the  ammunition  on  hand  in  their  custody 
and  not  to  ammunition  issued  to  commanding  officers  of  coast  artil- 
lery companies,  for  which  the  latter  are  required  to  take  an  inventory 
and  furnish  the  required  certificate. 

210.  The  requirements  of  the  two  preceding  paragraphs  of  these 
regulations  do  not  relieve  officers  from  the  duty  of  taking  from  time 
to  time  such  inventories  of  ordnance  property  for  which  they  are 
responsible  as  the  necessities  of  the  service,  or  the  exercise  of  a 
reasonable  degree  of  prudence,  may  dictate.     Officers  are  reminded 
that  the  form  of  return  submitted  by  them  contemplates  that  the 
property  for  which  they  are  responsible  is  actually  on  hand,  and  that 
it  is  their  duty  to  ascertain  that  such  is  the  case  before  mailing 
their  returns. 


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211.  Commanding  officers  of  arsenals  and  other  ordnance  estab- 
lishments are  required  to  take,  as  of  the  close  of  business  on  June  30 
of  each  year,  an  annual  inventory  of  all  the  ordnance  property  on 
hand,  and  in  the  taking  of  this  inventory  they  will  be  guided  by  the 
following  instructions : 

(a)  The  duty  of  taking  the  inventory  will  devolve  upon  the  store- 
keepers, foremen,  and  other  employees  at  the  different  ordnance 
establishments  who  are  charged  with  responsibility  for  the  safe- 
keeping or  use  of  the  property.  It  is  made  the  duty  of  all  such  per- 
sons to  familiarize  themselves  with  the  nomenclature  of  the  articles 
of  ordnance  property  for  which  they  are  responsible,  and  of  the  parts, 
accessories,  and  equipments  which  constitute  or  pertain  to  any  article 
of  ordnance  property.  When  storekeepers,  storekeepers'  assistants, 
foremen,  or  other  persons  charged  with  the  control  or  use  of  ordnance 
property  are  taking  the  inventory  they  will  be  designated  as 
" checkers,"  and  each  individual  will  be  given  a  separate  number,  in 
order  that  responsibility  for  error  may  be  readily  placed  from  the 
records  of  the  inventory.  Special  employees  will  not  be  assigned  for 
the  taking  of  any  part  of  the  inventory  unless  those  in  charge  of  the 
property  can  not  be  trained  for  the  proper  performance  of  this  duty. 
Whenever  practicable,  each  checker  will  have  an  assistant,  and  these 
employees  are  required  to  make  independent  counts,  which  must  be 
brought  to  agreement  during  the  progress  of  the  work. 

(7>)  The  inventory  will  be  taken  as  early  as  practicable  after  June 
30  of  each  year,  and  the  final  records  will  give  the  status  of  the  prop- 
erty as  of  the  close  of  business  on  that  date.  During  the  taking  of 
the  inventory  the  suspension  of  all  transactions  in  property,  except 
in  urgent  cases,  is  authorized.  In  order  that  this  suspension  may  be 
least  detrimental  to  the  public  service,  it  is  necessary  that  the  period 
required  in  the  taking  of  the  inventory  shall  be  reduced  to  a  mini- 
mum. For  this  purpose  the  various  loose  articles  of  ordnance  prop- 
erty in  current  service  in  each  storehouse,  shop,  yard,  etc.,  will  be 
arranged  according  to  their  respective  kinds  and  conditions,  and  if 
any  part,  accessory,  or  tool  is  missing  from  any  article  of  ordnance 
property  it  will  be  completed,  as  far  as  practicable,  by  the  furnishing 
of  the  missing  part,  accessory,  tool,  etc.,  so  that  the  number  of 
headings  of  articles  shall  be  reduced  to  a  minimum.  The  various 
articles  of  ordnance  property  in  the  storehouses,  magazines,  etc.,  will, 
if  practicable,  be  arranged  so  that  for  each  location  the  same  kinds 
of  stores  will  be  found  together,  and  in  all  cases  the  number  of  broken 
boxes  and  of  incomplete  articles  will  be  reduced  to  a  minimum.  The 
storehouses,  magazines,  etc.,  will  be  divided  into  such  units  that  the 
checkers  and  their  assistants  assigned  to  the  taking  of  the  inventory 
of  these  units  will  complete  the  taking  of  the  entire  inventory  at 
about  the  same  date.  The  desirability  of  taking  at  any  time  an 
inventory  of  any  articles  of  ordnance  property  in  any  storehouse, 


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magazine,  etc.,  will  be  impressed  on  the  proper  employees,  in  order 
that  they  may  be  trained  in  this  important  work  and  the  property 
arranged  in  its  places  of  storage  in  an  orderly  and  systematic  manner, 
and,  when  practicable,  in  accordance  with  the  prescribed  classifica- 
tion. 

(c)  Since  the  inventory  is  required  to  give  the  quantities  and  con- 
ditions of  the  different  articles  of  ordnance  property  at  the  close  of 
business  on  June  30,  accurate  records  will  therefore  be  kept  of  the 
quantities  and  conditions  of  the  articles  of  ordnance  property  received 
or  issued  subsequent  to  that  date  and  prior  to  the  making  of  the 
actual  count  of  the  kinds  of  articles  to  which  such  property  pertains ; 
but  articles  of  ordnance  property  received  during  this  interval  may 
be  stored  separately  pending  the  completion  of  the  count  of  like 
articles,  and  when  this  property  is  so  marked  or  indicated  that  there 
is  no  possibility  of  its  being  counted  on  the  taking  of  the  inventory, 
record  will  not  be  kept  of  the  receipts  of  this  property  for  the  purpose 
of  the  inventory. 

(d)  When  materials  are  undergoing  the  process  of  manufacture 
into  articles  of  ordnance  property,  actual  count  will  not  be  made  in 
the  shops  of  the  various  quantities  and  kinds  of  these  materials,  but 
this  information  will  be  taken  from  the  cost-keeping  records,  which 
give  the  quantities  and  kinds  of  materials  which  have  been  expended 
on  account  of  articles  undergoing  manufacture,  and  will  constitute 
part  of  the  inventory.     But  when  articles  of  ordnance  property  have 
been  manufactured  and  accounted  for  the  inventory  will  not  include 
the  quantities  and  kinds  of  materials  which  have  entered  into  the  man- 
ufacture of  such  articles,  since  they  should  appear  in  the  inventory 
under  the  names  of  the  articles  so  manufactured  and  accounted  for. 

(e)  For  the  purpose  of  taking  and  recording  the  inventory  three 
blank  forms  are  provided,  namely:  Form  No.  97,  on  which  each 
checker  records  the  count  of  each  article  in  the  location  assigned  to 
him;  Form  No.  98,  on  which  each  checker  submits  his  signed  report 
of  the  location  of  the  articles,  accompanied  by  the  records  of  the 
count  prepared  on  Form  No.  97,  and  Form  No.  99,  on  which  the 
summary  of  the  quantities  of  each  article  or  its  different  locations  is 
prepared.     These  various  forms  or  cards  are  of  such  dimensions  (6 
inches  by  4  inches)  that  they  may  be  readily  filed  in  standard  drawers 
so  as  to  provide  at  all  times  for  the  safety  and  accessibility  of  the 
records  contained  on  them. 

(/)  Articles  will  be  counted  and  entered  on  Form  No.  97  in  the  order 
in  which  they  are  found  in  the  storehouses,  magazines,  shops,  etc. 
When  the  same  article  is  stored  in  several  places,  even  in  the  same 
room,  separate  entries  will  be  made  on  the  card  or  sheet  for  the  quan- 
tities in  each  place;  that  is,  the  checker  will  not  move  from  place  to 


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place  to  complete  the  count  of  any  article.  Original  boxes  or  pack- 
ages will  not  be  opened  for  verification,  but  will  be  counted  as  they 
are  marked. 

Form  No.  97  has  been  prepared  so  that  there' is:  a'  separate  card  or 
sheet  for  each  article  found  in  the  location  assigned  f<J*d,'bJS0$ke?,;qjiji 
which  will  be  stated  the  name  of  the  article  and  the  "quantities' meieb'f 
according  to  their  conditions.  The  card  or  sheet  also  gives  for  each 
article  its  classification,  the  return  on  which  the  quantities  thereof 
are  accounted  for,  the  date  on  which  the  count  was  made,  the  checker's 
number,  and  the  number  of  the  card  or  sheet  as  a  part  of  the  checker's 
report.  Since  this  blank  form  can  be  used  for  reporting  the  quanti- 
ties of  an  article  received  into  or  issued  from  the  location  assigned 
to  the  checker  subsequent  to  June  30  and  pending  the  completion 
of  its  count,  provision  has  been  made  on  it  for  indicating  whether 
entries  thereon  are  the  result  of  a  count,  or  of  a  receipt,  or  issue. 
When  the  form  is  used  to  record  a  count  the  words  "Receipt"  and 
"Issue"  will  be  struck  out.  If  it  is  used  to  record  the  quantities 
of  an  article  received  the  words  "Count"  and  "Issue"  will  be  struck 
out;  similarly,  in  case  it  is  used  to  record  the  quantities  of  an  article 
issued,  the  words  "Count"-  and  "Receipt"  will  be  struck  out.  The 
quantities  of  the  various  articles  according  to  their  conditions  will 
be  reported  in  the  appropriate  columns  under  the  headings  de- 
scriptive of  these  conditions  as  "new,"  "cleaned  and  repaired," 
"unserviceable,"  and  "in  current  service." 

When  a  checker  has  made  a  complete  count  of  all  the  articles 
found  in  the  location  assigned  to  him  there  will  be  as  many  cards  or 
sheets  as  there  are  articles,  and  where  any  sheet  shows  entries  of  the 
quantities  of  an  article  found  in  different  places  there  will  be  as  many 
entries  as  there  are  places  for  the  several  quantities  of  this  article, 
and  these  quantities  will  be  footed  and  entry  of  their  totals  made 
on  the  sheet ;  and  the  date  of  the  final  count  of  the  quantities  of  any 
article  found  in  any  location  will  be  entered  on  its  appropriate  sheet. 

When  an  article  is  received  subsequent  to  June  30  and  is  required 
to  be  stored  in  a  location  assigned  to  a  checker  where  a  complete 
count  of  the  quantities  of  this  article  has  not  been  made,  the  checker 
will  be  informed  of  the  receipt  of  the  article  and  will  record  on  Form 
No.  97  the  count  of  the  quantities  of  the  article  received  in  accord- 
ance with  its  condition,  and  note  on  the  sheet  the  date  of  the  count. 
After  making  this  record  the  quantity  of  the  article  received  will  be 
stored  in  the  location  assigned  to  the  checker  and  will  be  subsequently 
counted  along  with  the  remaining  quantities  of  the  same  article. 
When  special  provision  is  made,  as  indicated  above  in  part  (c),  for 
the  separate  storing  of  articles  received  subsequent  to  June  30  and 
pending  the  completion  of  their  count,  the  requirement  imposed  by 
this  part  (f)  will  be  obviated. 


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When  an  issue  of  the  quantity  of  an  article  is  made  subsequent  to 
June  30  from  the  location  assigned  to  a  checker  and  where  a  complete 
count  of  the,  article  has  not  already  been  made,  the  checker  is  re- 
quired ,to  make  a  count  of  the  quantity  of  the  article  issued  and  to 
enter  the  count  thereof  on  Form  No.  97,  according  to  its  condition, 
noting  .thereon  the  date  of  the  count  in  accordance  with  the  method 
outlined  in  case  of  receipts. 

The  checker  is  now  in  a  position  to  make  his  report,  which  will 
constitute  the  inventory  of  the  articles  found  in  the  location  assigned 
to  him.  This  report  will  be  prepared  by  arranging  the  various  cards 
or  sheets,  when  practicable,  according  to  the  classification  of  the 
articles  reported  thereon  and  attaching  to  these  sheets  the  checker's 
report  blank  (Form  No.  98)  by  means  of  fasteners  passing  through 
the  perforations  in  the  margins  of  the  several  sheets.  When  counts 
have  been  made  of  receipts  and  issues  of  an  article  pending  the  com- 
pletion of  its  count,  the  various  cards  or  sheets  on  which  these  entries 
have  been  made  will  follow  directly  after  the  sheet  on  which  the 
regular  count  of  the  article  has  been  entered. 

The  report  prepared  on  Form  No.  98  will  be  filled  in  as  indicated 
so  as  to  give  the  checker's  name,  his  nupiber,  the  location  of  the 
stores,  and  the  number  of  sheets  attached  to  the  report.  When  thus 
completed  and  the  various  sheets  containing  the  records  of  the  counts 
of  the  quantities  of  the  articles  pertaining  to  the  location  assigned 
to  the  checker  have  been  attached  thereto,  the  sheets  serially  num- 
bered, the  report  will  be  signed  by  the  checker  and  submitted  to  the 
storekeeper,  foreman,  or  other  person  having  charge  of  the  store- 
house, shop,  etc.,  in  which  the  articles  were  located.  The  various 
reports  will  be  inspected  by  the  storekeeper,  foreman,  etc.,  to  see 
that  they  are  properly  prepared  and,  when  found  satisfactory  to 
them,  will  be  submitted  to  the  clerk  having  charge  of  the  completing 
and  filing  of  the  inventory. 

(g)  When  the  various  reports  have  been  received  from  the  store- 
keepers, foremen,  etc.,  they  will  be  again  inspected  to  ascertain 
whether  they  have  been  correctly  prepared,  so  that  in  case  of  an 
error  made  by  any  checker  responsibility  can  be  readily  fixed  from 
the  records  furnished  by  him.  The  various  records  of  the  counts  of 
the  different  articles  of  ordnance  property  prepared  on  Form  No.  97 
will  be  detached  from  the  checkers'  reports  and  assembled  according 
to  the  articles  described  on  the  sheets.  There  will,  therefore,  be 
arranged  together  for  the  same  article  the  various  sheets  on  which 
the  records  of  the  quantities  of  this  article,  according  to  their  differ- 
ent locations,  are  entered.  The  various  checkers'  reports  prepaiv.l 
on  Form  No.  98  may  now  be  filed  according  to  the  checkers'  numbers, 
for  reference  in  case  errors  are  subsequently  discovered,  or  destroyed 
if  the  possibility  of  errors  is  remote. 


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When  all  the  sheets  covering  the  records  of  the  quantities  on  haml 
of  any  article  in  the  different  locations  have  been  assembled,  a  sum- 
mary of  these  quantities  will  be  entered  on  the  summary  card,  Form 
No.  99,  according  to  their  conditions;  and  these  sheets  will  be 
attached  to  the  summary  card  by  fasteners  passing  through  the  mar- 
gins. The  summary  card  will  be  filled  in  as  indicated,  so  as  to  give 
the  classification  of  the  article,  the  return  to  which  it  pertains,  its 
name,  the  various  quantities  on  hand  of  the  article  according  to  its 
condition,  and  the  number  of  cards  or  sheets  attached  to  the  sum- 
mary. In  summarizing  the  various  quantities  on  hand  according 
to  their  conditions  the  quantities  reported  as  having  been  received 
during  the  progress  of  the  inventory  will  be  subtracted  from  the  quan- 
tities found  on  hand  and  those  issued  during  the  progress  of  the 
inventory,  and  the  totals  will  be  stated  at  the  bottom  of  the  summary 
card.  By  this  method  the  summary  card  will  contain  the  record  of 
the  quantities  on  hand  of  any  article  according  to  its  condition  as  of 
the  close  of  business  on  June  30. 

The  various  summary  cards  and  the  appropriate  sheets  attached 
thereto  on  which  the  records  on  the  summary  cards  are  based  will 
be  filed  in  drawers  according  to  the  classification  of  the  articles  cov- 
ered by  the  inventory. 

When  it  shall  have  been  definitely  ascertained  that  the  records  on 
the  various  summary  cards  are  correct,  the  several  sheets  attached 
thereto  may  be  detached  and  filed  elsewhere,  or  destroyed.  When 
the  various  summary  cards  have  been  arranged  in  drawers  according 
to  the  classification  of  the  articles  described  on  them,  this  classifi- 
cation will  be  indicated  by  means  of  appropriate  index  cards  which 
will  be  procured  for  the  purpose.  The  various  summary  cards  will 
be  retained  until  the  returns  to  which  they  pertain  shall  have  been 
settled  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  when  they  will  be  destroyed. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 
SETTLEMENT  OF  RETURNS. 

See  A.  R.  704,  706,  707,  1281,  1328,  1329,  and  1330  of  1908,  and  paragraphs  46,  47, 
and  48  of  the  regulations  governing  the  organized  militia. 

212.  When  a  return  of  ordnance  property  has  been  received  in  the 
Office  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  it  will  be  examined  as  early  as  prac- 
ticable thereafter  with  a  view  to  ascertaining — 

(a)  If  all  the  property  required  to  be  accounted  for  by  the  officer 
rendering  the  return  has  been  duly  accounted  for  on  the  return; 

(6)  If  the  transfers  of  property  reported  thereon  have  been  reported 
in  accordance  with  regulations  and  orders; 

(c)  If  the  expenditures  reported  thereon  were  properly  authorized ; 


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(d)  If  the  vouchers  covering  the  loss,  damage,  or  destruction  of 
ordnance  property  are  such  as  to  show  that  the  loss,  damage,  or 
destruction  occurred  without  fault  or  neglect  on  the  part  of  the 
responsible  officer ;  and 

(e)  If  the  return  is  in  all  other  respects  correctly  and  properly 
stated  and  rendered. 

213.  When  errors  or  irregularities  are  found  on  the  examination 
of  a  return  a  letter  will  be  addressed  directly  to  the  officer  or  other 
custodian  of  ordnance  property  rendering  the  return,  inviting  his 
attention  to  the  errors  and  irregularities,  with  a  view  to  their  correc- 
tion or  explanation.     Communications,  however,  concerning  returns 
rendered  by  governors  of  States  and  Territories  and  by  the  com- 
manding general  of  the  militia  of  the  District  of  Columbia  will  be 
addressed  to  them  through  the  Chief  of  the  Division  of  Militia  Affairs, 
War  Department.     When  errors  or  irregularities  can  be  better  cor- 
rected or  explained  by  another  officer  the  letter  may  be  addressed 
directly  to  the  latter  with  a  view  to  obtaining  the  desired  corrections 
or  explanations.     Vouchers,   when   not   considered   satisfactory   to 
cover  ordnance  property,  may  be  returned  directly,  or  indirectly, 
to  the  responsible  officer,  informing  him  wherein  they  are  unsatis- 
factory and  calling  on  him  for  further  explanation  or  additional 
reasons  to  show  why  he  should  not  be  charged  with  the  money-value 
of  the  lost,  damaged,  or  destroyed  property. 

214.  It  is  made  the  duty  of  every  officer  or  other  custodian  of  ord- 
nance property  receiving  communications  inviting  his  attention  to 
errors  or  irregularities  in  a  return  rendered  by  him  to  make  reply 
thereto  as  early  as  practicable,  in  order  that  there  shall  be  no  unneces- 
sary delay  in  the  settlement  of  the  return.     If  it  is  not  practicable 
to  make  an  immediate  reply  to  a  communication  of  this  character, 
the  officer  receiving  it  will  address  a  letter  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance 
explaining  why  he  can  not  at  an  early  date  make  the  corrections  or 
give  the  explanations  desired.     If  an  officer  of  the  army  is  unable  to 
correct  the  errors  or  irregularities  found  in  his  return  within  three 
months  after  receiving  a  communication  in  regard  to  them,  he  can 
not  delay  any  longer  the  making  of  the  desired  corrections  or  explana- 
tions without  obtaining  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

215.  When  an  officer  is  unable  to  correct  the  errors  or  irregularities 
found  in  his  return,  or  to  furnish  satisfactory  reasons  to  show  why  he 
should  not  be  charged  with  the  money  value  of  the  property  lost, 
damaged,  or  destroyed,  it  will  be  recommended  to  the  Secretary  of 
War  that  he  be  held  pecuniarily  responsible  for  the  money  value  of 
the  property  involved.    Similarly,  when  an  officer  fails  to  render  his 


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return  within  a  reasonable  time  it  will  be  recommended  to  the 
Secretary  of  War  that  a  stoppage  be  raised  against  his  pay  to  cover 
the  money  value  of  the  property  for  which  he  has  failed  to  account. 

216.  When  an  officer  is  unable  to  render  his  ordnance  return 
within  the  time  prescribed  by  the  Army  Regulations,  or  to  correct  the 
errors  or  irregularities  found  in  the  return  within  three  months  after 
receiving  a  communication  in  regard  to  them,  he  can  not  any  longer 
delay  the  rendition  of  the  return,  or  the  making  of  the  desired  correc- 
tions or  explanations  of  the  errors  or  irregularities,  without  obtaining 
the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.    The  request  for  an  extension 
of  time  will  give  in  detail  the  reasons  for  the  officer's  inability  to 
render  the  return,  or  to  make  the  corrections  or  explanations,  within 
the  prescribed  times. 

217.  When  a  return  shows  no  errors  or  irregularities,  or  the  errors 
or  irregularities  have  been  corrected  or  satisfactorily  explained,  the 
return  will  be   considered   as  settled   and   the   accountable   officer 
notified  to  this  effect.     If,  however,  a  later  examination  of  returns 
rendered  by  other  officers  shows  that  the  officer  whose  return  has  been 
settled  failed  to  account  for  ordnance  property  required  to  be  ac- 
counted for  by  him,  or  failed  to  take  credit  for  ordnance  property 
transferred  by  him,  the  return  may  be  opened  with  a  view  to  making 
the  desired  corrections  based  on  this  examination,  or  these  correc- 
tions may  be  made  in  a  later  return. 

218.  Whenever  militia  organizations  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States  are  about  to  be  mustered  out,  the  commanding  officers  thereof 
are  required  to  forward  immediately  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  a  list  of 
those  officers  who  are,  or  at  any  time  may  have  been,  responsible  for 
ordnance  property.    The  returns  of  such  officers  as  are  on  file  in  the 
Office  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  will  be  examined  without  delay  and  the 
result   thereof  reported   to   the   Paymaster-General   of   the   Army. 
Officers  of  such  organizations  who  have  not  at  any  time  been  re- 
sponsible for  ordnance  property  are  required  to  furnish  the  mustering 
officer  with  an  affidavit  of  that  fact,  certified  to  by  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  regiment,  independent  battalion,  or  company;  and  this 
evidence  of  such  officer  will  be  transmitted,  with  the  muster-out 
rolls,  to  the  paymaster  designated  to  make  payment  to  the  organi- 
zation. 

When  the  final  returns  of  these  officers  shall  have  been  examined, 
and  their  accounts  in  the  Office  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  audited, 
certificates  of  nonindebtedness  will  be  furnished  the  paymaster 
charged  with  their  final  payment.  If  this  examination  shows  any 
indebtedness  to  the  United  States  the  certificate  will  itemize  the 
charges  so  made. 


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219.  Whenever  an  official  notification  is  received  in  the  Office  of 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance  that  an  officer  is  about  to  resign,  or  be  mustered 
out  of  service,  the  records  of  the  Ordnance  Office  are  examined  to 
ascertain  whether  he  has  at  any  time  during  his  term  of  service 
become  responsible  for  ordnance  property,  and  if   so,  whether   he 
has  made  all  the  required  returns.     If  he  has  not  made  the  whole 
or  a  portion  of  them,  such  as  are  unexamined  in  the  office  are  at 
once  examined  with  a  view  to  final  settlement. 

220.  When  an  officer  is  separated  from  the  service  by  resignation, 
death,  or  otherwise,  final  payment  will  not  be  made  to  him,  or  his 
heirs,  until  full  and  satisfactory  evidence  has  been  furnished  that  all 
the  ordnance  property  for  which  he  is  responsible  has  been  satis- 
factorily accounted  for.    When  the  returns  rendered  by,  or  on  behalf 
of,  this  officer  shall  have  been  settled,  a  certificate  of  nonindebtedness 
will  be  sent  to  the  paymaster  charged  with  making  the  final  payment. 
If  there  are  any  charges  to  be  made  against  the  officer,  or  his  estate, 
it  will  be  so  stated  in  this  certificate.    • 

When  an  officer  so  separated  from  the  service  is  responsible  for 
ordnance  property  held  on  an  authorized  memorandum  receipt,  it 
is  made  the  duty  of  the  accountable  officer  to  ascertain  that  all  the 
property  so  held  on  memorandum  receipt  has  been  returned  to  him, 
or  turned  over  to  him  and  covered  by  a  like  receipt  furnished  by  the 
latter.  When  this  property,  either  in  whole  or  in  part,  can  not  be 
returned,  or  receipted  for,  the  accountable  officer  will  immediately 
report  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  the  quantities  and  kinds  of  property 
for  which  this  officer  failed  to  make  restitution  or  to  furnish  receipts. 

221.  When  a  governor  of  a  State  or  Territory,  or  the  commanding 
general  of  the  militia  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  fails  to  render  his 
return  within  the  prescribed  time,  or  fails  to  make  the  necessary  cor- 
rections or  explanations  of  errors  or  irregularities  found  in  his  return 
within  three  months  after  receipt  of  the  communication  covering 
them,  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  will  report  the  facts  to  the  Secretary  of 
War,  in  order  that  no  more  issues  of  military  stores  be  made  until 
the  return  shall  have  been  rendered,  or  the  errors  or  irregularities 
shall  have  been  corrected  or  explained. 

222.  When  the  president  of  an  educational  institution  or  the  gov- 
ernor or  other  principal  officer  of  a  state  soldiers  and  sailors  orphans' 
home  fails  to  render  his  return  of  ordnance  property  within  the  pre- 
scribed time,  or  to  make  corrections  or  explanations  of  the  errors  or 
irregularities  found  in  his  return  within  two  months  after  the  date 
of  the  receipt  of  the  communication  covering  them,  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance  will  report  the  facts  to  the  Secretary  of  War  with  a  view 
to  having  the  property  in  the  possession  of  the  institution  or  home 
returned  to  the  United  States. 


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I.  When  an  officer  or  other  custodian  of  ordnance  property,  by 
reason  of  sickness  or  other  causes,  is  obliged  to  settle  his  account- 
ability through  an  agent,  it  is  required  that  the  officer  or  other  cus- 
todian shall  furnish  this  agent  with  a  letter  showing  his  authority  to 
act  for  him  in  the  premises.  However,  when  the  position  of  the 
person  representing  the  officer  or  other  custodian  is  a  guarantee  of 
his  standing  in  the  case,  such  as  a  Member  of  Congress  or  a  civil  or 
military  officer  of  the  Government,  this  requirement  will  be  waived. 
Officers  or  other  custodians  of  ordnance  property  are  informed  that 
they  can  settle  their  property  accountability  with  greater  dispatch 
by  correspondence  or  by  calling  in  person  than  through  persons  whom 
they  may  appoint  as  their  agents. 

224.  When  an  officer  or  other  custodian  of  ordnance  property 
(except  a  governor  of  a  State  or  Territory,  or  the  commanding  gen- 
eral of  the  militia  of  the  District  of  Columbia)  is  shown  by  the  prop- 
erty accounts  in  the  Office  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  to  be  indebted 
to  the  United  States,  and  he  has  not  paid  the  amount  of  this  indebted- 
ness, a  certificate  covering  in  detail  the  facts  in  the  case  will  be  for- 
warded to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  in  order  that  the 
latter  may  enter  suit  against  the  delinquent  officer  or  other  custo- 
dian of  ordnance  property  for  the  amount  of  the  indebtedness. 

ARTICLE  XVII. 
REPORTS  ON  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

225.  A  report  prepared  on  Form  No.  70  is  required  to  be  made 
monthly  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  by  the  post  ordnance  officer  of 
each  coast  artillery  post  of  the  ammunition  for  cannon,  telescopic 
sights,  fire-control  instruments,  etc.,  as  indicated  by  the  form. 

A  report  prepared  on  Form  No.  87  is  required  to  be  made  quar- 
terly to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  by  the  commanding  officer  of  each 
battery  of  field  artillery,  giving  the  quantities  of  the  guns,  carriages, 
ammunition,  etc.,  on  hand  in  the  battery,  as  indicated  by  the  form. 
When  post,  or  regimental,  ordnance  officers  are  responsible  for  any 
of  this  property  they  will  also  make  these  reports.  When  troops 
are  serving  in  the  field  in  time  of  war  this  report  will  be  prepared  in 
duplicate,  and  the  duplicate  copy  will  be  sent  to  the  chief  ordnance 
officer  of  each  division,  expedition,  etc. 

A  report  prepared  on  Form  No.  84  is  required  to  be  made  semi- 
annually  to  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  each  department,  division, 
expedition,  etc.,  by  the  commanding  officer  of  each  troop,  battery, 
company  or  similar  organization,  giving  a  list  of  the  principal  serv- 
iceable stores  on  hand,  etc.,  as  indicated  by  the  form.  This  report 
will  be  limited  to  reporting  the  quantities  of  small  arms,  hand  arms, 
personal  equipments  of  the  soldier,  horse  equipments,  and  the  small- 


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arms  ammunition  on  hand  in  each  organization  and  in  the  posses- 
sion of  post  or  regimental  ordnance  officers.  In  time  of  peace  this 
report  may  be  dispensed  with  if  the  department  commander  so 
desires. 

A  record  prepared  on  Form  No.  21,  secured  in  a  binder,  may  be 
kept  by  each  artillery  district  ordnance  officer,  at  his  option,  showing 
the  distribution  of  the  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  at  the  various 
posts  in  his  district.  (See  Artillery  Memoranda  No.  1  of  1907.) 

226.  The  commanding  officers  of  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots, 
inspectors  of  ordnance,  and  inspectors  of  powder  are  required  to  sub- 
mit such  statements  of  property,  inspection  reports,  progress  reports, 
etc.,  on  ordnance  property  as  may  be  required  by  the  Chief  of  Ord- 
nance. Ordnance  property  will  not  be  described  on  these  reports  as 
obsolete  without  authority  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 


TO   THE 


ORDNANCE  PROPERTY  REGULATIONS,  GIVING  THE  LISTS 

OF  FORMS  REQUIRED  IN  ACCOUNTING  FOR 

ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 


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APPENDIX. 


DESIGNATIONS  OF  THE  FOEMS  REQUIRED  BY  COMMANDING  OFFICERS 
OF  ARSENALS  AND  ORDNANCE  DEPOTS  AND  ARTILLERY  DISTRICT  ORD- 
NANCE OFFICERS  IN  ACCOUNTING  FOR  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY. 

(a)  GENERAL  FORMS. 
Form  No.  15. 

This  form  is  for  use  in  accounting  for  property  for  which  special  forms  with  printed 
headings  are  not  provided,  and  constitutes,  when  executed,  part  of  the  inside  sheets 
of  the  return.  Its  use  by  artillery  district  ordnance  officers  will  be  limited,  since 
printed  forms  with  appropriate  headings  are  furnished  to  account  for  practically  all 
the  ordnance  property  constituting  the  modern  armament  and  equipment  of  artillery 
districts. 

Form  No.  15 — Cover,  front. 
Form  No.  15— Cover,  back. 

These  two  forms,  when  properly  prepared,  constitute  the  cover  of  the  semiannual 
return  of  the  first  division  of  ordnance  property  required  to  be  rendered  by  com- 
manding officers  of  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots. 
Form  No.  16. 

This  form,  when  executed,  is  the  register  of  vouchers  or  index  to  the  semiannual 
return  of  the  first  division  of  ordnance  property  required  to  be  rendered  by  the  com- 
manding officers  of  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots,  and  to  the  semiannual  return  of 
ordnance  property  required  to  be  rendered  by  the  artillery  district  ordnance  officers. 
Form  No.  17. 

This  form,  when  executed,  constitutes  what  is  generally  known  as  the  card  prop- 
erty return  of  the  second  division  of  ordnance  property  required  to  be  rendered  by 
commanding  officers  of  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots.  These  cards,  however,  are 
really  vouchers  to  the  semiannual  certificate  return  giving  the  status  of  the  ordnance 
property  constituting  the  second  division  at  the  various  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots. 
Form  No.  20. 

This  form,  when  prepared,  constitutes  the  cover  for  the  semiannual  return  of  ord- 
nance property  required  to  be  rendered  by  artillery  district  ordnance  officers. 
Form  No.  19:  Certificate  of  expenditures. 
Form  No.  22:  Top  binder  board  for  vouchers. 

This  board  is  for  securing  vouchers  submitted  by  commanding  officers  of  arsenals 
and  ordnance  depots. 
Form  No.  23:  Top  binder  board  for  vouchers. 

This  board  is  for  securing  vouchers  submitted  by  artillery  district  ordnance  officers. 
Form  No.  24:  Top  binder  board  for  vouchers. 

This  board  is  for  securing  vouchers  submitted  by  ordnance  officers  at  recruit  depots. 
Form  No.  25:  Bottom  binder  board  for  vouchers. 

This  board  is  for  securing  vouchers  submitted  by  commanding  officers  of  arsenals 
and  ordnance  depots,  artillery  district  ordnance  officers,  and  ordnance  officers  of 
recruit  depots. 

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Form  No.  86:  Statement  of  charges. 

Form  No.  94:  Report  of  ordnance  charges. 

Form  No.  146:  Transfer  of  ordnance  property. 

Form  No.  152:  Transfer  of  ordnance  property  under  A.R.  1552  of  1908. 

Form  No.  219:  Abstract  of  purchases  (outeide  sheet). 

Form  No.  220:  Abstract  of  purchases  (inside  sheet). 

Form  No.  272:  Abstract  of  sales  (outside  sheet). 

Form  No.  273:  Abstract  of  sales  (inside  sheet). 

Form  No.  274:  Abstract  of  transfers  (outside  sheet). 

Form  No.  275:  Abstract  of  transfers  (inside  sheet). 

Form  No.  1066:  Certificate  of  inspection  and  receipt. 

Form  No.  1243:  Report  of  operations  (outside  sheet). 

Form  No.  1244:  Report  of  operations  (inside  sheet). 

Form  No.  1,  I.  G.  D.:  Inventory  and  inspection  report. 

This  form  pertains  to  the  Inspector  General's  Department. 
Form  No.  196,  A.  G.  0.:  Report  of  survey. 

This  form  pertains  to  the  Adjutant  General's  Department. 

(6)  SPECIAL  FORMS. 

PART  I,  CLASS  I,  SECTION  1. 
Form  No.  15—1—1  A: 

8-inch  guns,  model  of  1888  and  modifications,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15— I— 1  B: 

8-inch  barbette  carriages,  model  of  1892,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15—1—1  C: 

8-inch  disappearing  carriages,  L.F.,  model  of  1894,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15— I— 1  D: 

8-inch  disappearing  carriages,  L.F.,  model  of  1896,  and  parts. 
Form  Nos.  15—1—1  E  1,  1  E  2,  1  E  3,  1  E  4,  and  1  E  5,  inclusive: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  guns  and  carriages. 
As  follows: 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  E  1:  Combination  armament  chest  and  special  tools,  for  the 
guns. 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  E  2:  Special  tools  packed  in  combination  armament  chest,  for 
8-inch  D.  C.,  L.  F.,  1896. 

Form  No.  15—1—1  E  3:  Implement  chest  and  special  tools  for  8-inch  barbette 
carriage. 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  E  4:  Implement  chest  and  special  tools  for  8-inch  D.  C.,  L.  F., 
1894. 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  E  5:  Miscellaneous  accessories  and  implements  not  packed  in 

the  chests. 
Form  No.  15—1—1  F: 

10-inch  guns,  model  of  1888  and  modifications,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15— I— 1  G: 

10-inch  barbette  carriages,  model  of  1893,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15—1—1  H: 

10-inch  disappearing  carriages,  L.  F.,  model  of  1894,  and  parts. 


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Form  Nos.  15—1—1  J  1,  1J  2,  U  3,  and  1J  4: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  guns  and  carriages. 
As  follows: 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  J  1:  Combination  armament  chests  and  special  tools,  for  the 

guns. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 1  J  2:  Special  tools  packed  in  combination  armament  chest  for 

10-inch  barbette  carriage. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 1  J  3:  Special  tools  packed  in  combination  armament  chest  for 

10-inch  D.  C.,  L.  F.,  1894. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 1  J  4:  Miscellaneous  accessories  and  implements  not  packed  in 

the  chests. 

Form  No.  15—1—1  K: 

10-inch  guns,  models  of  1895  and  1895  Mi,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—1  L: 

10-inch  disappearing  carriages,  L.  F.,  model  of  1896,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—1  M: 

10-inch  disappearing  carriages,  A.  R.  F.,  model  of  1896,  and  parts. 

Form  Nos.  15—1—1  N  1,  1  N  2,  1  N  3,  and  1  N  4: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  guns  and  carriages. 
As  follows: 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  N  1:  Combination  armament  chests  and  special  tools,  for  guns. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 1  N  2:  Special  tools  packed  in  combination  armament  chest  for 
10-inch  D.  C.,  L.  F.,  1896. 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  N  3:  Special  tools  packed  in  combination  armament  chest  for 
10-inch  A.  R.  F.,  D.  C.,  1896. 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  N  4:  Miscellaneous  accessories  and  implements  not  packed  in 
the  chests. 

Form  No.  15—1—1  P: 

10-inch  guns,  model  of  1900,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15— I— 1  Q: 

10-inch  disappearing  carriages,  L.  F.,  model  of  1901,  and  parts. 

Forms  Nos.  15—1—1  R  1,  1  R  2,  and  1  R  3: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  guns  and  carriages. 
As  follows: 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  R  1:  Combination  armament  chest  and  special  tools  for  gun. 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  R  2:  Special  tools  packed  in  combination  armament  chest  for 
10-inch  D.  C.,  L.  F.,  1901. 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  R  3:  Miscellaneous  accessories  and  implements  not  packed  in 
the  chest. 

Form  No.  15— I— 1  S: 

12-inch  guns,  model  of  1888  and  modifications,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—1  T: 

12-inch  barbette  carriages,  model  of  1892,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—1  U: 

12-inch  gunlift  and  altered  gunlift  carriages,  model  of  1891,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—1  W: 

12-inch  disappearing  carriages,  L.  F.,  model  of  1896,  and  parts. 

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Forms  Nos.  15—1—1  Y  1,  1  Y  2,  1  Y  3,  1  Y  4,  and  1  Y  5: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  guns  and  carriages. 
As  follows: 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  Y  1:  Combination  armament  chests  and  special  tools,  for  guns. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 1  Y  2:  Special  tools  packed  in  combination  armament  chest  for 

12-inch  barbette  carriage. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 1  Y  3:   Special  tools  packed  in  combination  armament  chest  for 

12-inch  D.  C.,  L.  F.,  1896. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 1  Y  4:  Implement  chest  and  special  tools  for  12-inch  gunlift 

and  altered  gunlift  carriages. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 1  Y  5:  Miscellaneous  accessories  and  implements  not  packed 

in  the  chests. 
Form  No.  15—1—1  AA: 

12-inch  guns,  models  of  1895  and  1895  Mi,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15—1—1  BB: 

12-inch  disappearing  carriages,  L.  F.,  model  of  1897,  and  parts. 
Forms  Nos.  15—1—1  CC  1,  1  CC  2,  and  1  CC  3: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  guns  and  carriages. 
As  follows: 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  CC  1:  Combination  armament  chest  and  special  tools,  for  gun. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 1  CC  2:  Special  tools  packed  in  combination  armament  chest  for 

12-inch  D.  C.,  L.  F.,  1897. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 1  CC  3:  Miscellaneous  accessories  and  implements  not  packed 

in  the  chests. 
Form  No.  15—1—1  DD: 

12-inch  guns,  model  of  1900,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15—1—1  EE: 

12-inch  disappearing  carriage,  L.  F.,  model  of  1901,  and  parts. 
Forms  Nos.  15—1—1  FF  1,  1  FF  2,  and  1  FF  3: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  guns  and  carriages. 
As  follows: 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  FF  1:  Combination  armament  chest  and  special  tools,  for  gun. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 1  FF2:  Special  tools  packed  in  combination  armament  chest 

for  12-inch  D.  C.,  L.  F.,  model  of  1901. 

Form  No.  15 — I — 1  FF  3:  Miscellaneous  accessories  and  implements  not  packed 
in  the  chest. 

PART  I,  CLASS  I,  SECTION  2. 
Form  No.  15— I— 2  A: 

2.24-inch  (6-pdr.)  gun,  model  of  1898,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15— 1—2  B: 

2.24-inch  (6-pdr.)  gun,  model  of  1900,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—2  C: 

6-pounder  Driggs-Seabury  parapet  mounts,  models  of  1898  and  1898  modified 
and  parts. 

Form  No.  15— I— 2  D: 

Sights,  accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  guns  and  carriages. 

Form  No.  15— I— 2  E: 

2.24-inch  (6-pdr.)  Driggs-Schroeder  gun,  Mark  III,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15—1—2  F: 

Sights,  accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  the  preceding  gun. 


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Form  No.  15— 1—2  G: 

3-inch  (15-pdr.)  gun,  model  of  1898  and  6-pounder  parapet  mount,  model  of  1898, 

(A.  O.  Co.),  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15—1—2  H: 

15-pounder  Driggs-Seabury  masking  parapet  mount,  model  of  1898,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15— 1—2  J: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  gun  arid  mount. 
Form  No.  15—1—2  K: 

3-inch  (15-pdr.)  gun,  model  of  1902,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15—1—2  L: 

15-pounder  barbette  carriage,  model  of  1902  (Bethlehem),  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15—1—2  M: 

Sights,  accessories,  etc.,  for  above  gun  and  carriage. 
Form  No.  15— 1—2  N: 

3-inch  (15-pdr.)  gun,  model  of  1903,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15—1—2  N  1: 

15-pounder  barbette  carriage,  model  of  1903,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15—1—2  N  2: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  gun  and  carriage. 
Form  No.  15—1—2  P: 

4-inch  Driggs-Schroeder  gun,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15—1—2  Q: 

4-inch  Driggs-Schroeder  barbette  carriage,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15—1—2  R: 

Sights,  accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  gun  and  carriage. 
Form  No.  15— 1—2  S: 

4.72-inch  Armstrong  guns,  40,  45,  and  50  calibers,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15— 1—2  T: 

4.72-inch  Armstrong  barbette  carriage,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15— 1—2  U: 

Sights,  accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  gun  and  carriage. 
Form  No.  15— I— 2  W: 

5-inch  gun,  model  of  1897,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15—1—2  Y: 

5-inch  barbette  carriage,  model  of  1896,  on  balanced-pillar  mounting,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15— 1—2  Z: 

Sights,  accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  gun  and  carriage. 
Form  No.  15— I— 2AA: 

5-inch  gun,  model  of  1900,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15— I— 2  BB: 

5-inch  barbette  carriage,  model  of  1903,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—2  CC: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  gun  and  carriage. 

Form  No.  15—1—2  DD: 

6-inch  Armstrong  gun,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15— I— 2  EE: 

6-inch  Armstrong  barbette  carriage,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—2  FF: 

Sights,  accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  gun  and  carriage. 


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Form  No.  15—1—2  GG: 

6-inch  gun,  model  of  1897  Mi,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—2  HH: 

6-inch  disappearing  carriage,  L.  F.,  model  of  1898,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15— I— 2  JJ: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  guns  and  carriages. 

Form  No.  15—1—2  KK: 

6-inch  gun,  model  of  1900,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—2  LL: 

6-inch  barbette  carriage,  model  of  1900,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—2  MM: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  gun  and  carriage. 

Form  No.  15— I— 2NN: 

6-inch  gun,  model  of  1903,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15— 1-£  PP: 

6-inch  disappearing  carriage,  L.  F.,  model  of  1903,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—2  QQ: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  gun  and  carriage. 

Form  No.  15—1—2  RR: 

6-inch  gun,  model  of  1905,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—2  RR  1: 

6-inch  gun,  model  of  1908,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—2  SS: 

6-inch  disappearing  carriage,  L.  F.,  model  of  1905,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15— I— 2  TT: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  the  6-inch  guns,  models  of  1905  and  1908,  and 
6-inch  disappearing  carriages,  L.  F.,  models  of  1905  and  1905  Mi. 

PART  I,  CLASS  I,  SECTION  3. 
Form  No.  15— I— 3  A: 

12-inch  mortar,  model  of  1886,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—3  B: 

12-inch  mortars,  models  of  1886-90  Mi,  1890,  1890  Mi,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—3  C: 

12-inch  mortar  carriage,  model  of  1891,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15—1—3  D: 

12-inch  mortar  carriage,  model  of  1896,  and  parts. 

Forms  Nos.  15—1—3  E  1,  3  E  2,  3  E  3,  and  3  E  4: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  for  above  mortars  and  carriages. 
As  follows: 

Form  No.  15 — I — 3  E 1:  Combination  armament  chests  and  special  tools  for  mortars. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 3  E  2:  Special  tools  packed  in  combination  armament  chest  for 

carriage,  model  of  1891. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 3  E  3:  Special  tools  packed  in  combination  armament  chest  for 

carriage,  model  of  1896. 
Form  No.  15 — I — 3  E  4:  Miscellaneous  accessories  and  implements  not  packed  in 

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PART  I,  CLASS  I,  SECTION  4. 
Form  No.  15— 1-4  A: 

Subcaliber  cartridges  and  drill  cartridges  for  2.24-inch  (6-pdr.)  guns,  and  3-inch 
(15-pdr.)  guns,  of  all  models. 

Form  No.  15—1—4  B: 

1-pounder  subcaliber  guns,   fixtures,   and  accessories  for  4-inch  gun  (Driggs- 
Schroeder). 

Form  No.  15—1—4  C: 

1-pounder  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  accessories  for  4.72-inch  Armstrong  guns. 

Form  No.  15— 1^  D: 

1-pounder  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  accessories  for  the  5-inch  gun,  model  of 

1897. 
Form  No.  15—1—4  E: 

1-pounder  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  accessories  for  the  5-inch  gun,  model  of 

1900. 
Form  No.  15—1—4  F: 

1-pounder  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  accessories  for  the  6-inch  Armstrong  gun. 

Form  No.  15— 1—4  G: 

1-pounder  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  accessories  for  6-inch  guns,  models  of 

1897  and  1897  Mi. 
Form  No.  15— 1—4  H: 

1-pounder  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  accessories  for  6-inch  guns,  models  of 

1900  and  1903. 
Form  No.  15— 1—4  J: 

1-pounder  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  accessories  for  6-inch  gun,  model  of  1905. 
Form  No.  15—1—4  K: 

1-pounder  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  accessories  for  8-inch  gun,  model  of  1888, 
and  modifications. 

Form  No.  15—1—4  L: 

1-pounder  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  accessories  for  10-inch  guns,  models  of 

1888  and  1895,  and  modifications. 
Form  No.  15—1—4  M: 

1-pounder  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  accessories  for  the  10-inch  gun,  model  of 

1900. 
Form  No.  15—1—4  N: 

1-pounder  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  accessories  for  12-inch  guns,  models  of 

1888  and  1895,  and  modifications. 
Form  No.  15—1—4  P: 

1-pounder  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  accessories  for  12-inch  gun,  model  of  1900. 

Form  No.  15—1-4  Q: 

2.95-inch  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  parts  for  12-inch  mortars,  models  of  1886 

and  1886-1890  Mi. 
Form  No.  15— 1—4  R: 

2.95-inch  subcaliber  guns,  fixtures,  and  parts  for  12-inch  mortars,  models  of  1890 
and  1890  Mi. 

PART  I,  CLASS  I,  SECTION  8. 
Form  No.  15— I— 8  A: 

Seacoast  firing  mechanism,  model  of  1903,  for  8-inch,  10-inch,  and  12-inch  guns 

and  12-inch  mortars. 
Form  No.  15—1—8  B: 

Telescopic  sights  and  their  attachments  and  parts  for  cannon. 


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Form  No.  15— 1—8  C: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  common  for  seacoast  guns  and  mortars  and  their 

carriages. 
Form  No.  15— 1—8  D: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  common  for  the  2.24-inch  (6-pdr.)  guns,  models  of 

1898,  1900,  and  Driggs-Schroeder,  Mark  III,  and  their  mounts. 
Form  No.  15— 1—8  E: 

Accessories,  implements,  etc.,  common  for  the  3-inch  (15-pdr.)  guns,  models  of 
1898,  1902,  and  1903,  and  their  mounts  and  carriages. 

PART  I,  CLASS  II,  SECTION  1. 

Form  No.  15— II— 1  A: 

Azimuth  reading  instruments  and  their  parts  and  accessories. 
Form  No.  15— II— 1  B: 

Swasey  depression  position  finders,  types  A  and  Al,  and  their  parts  and  accessories. 

Form  No.  15— II— 1  C: 

Lewis  depression  position  finder,  type  A,  and  its  parts  and  accessories. 
Form  No.  15— II— 1  E: 

Plotting  boards,  and  their  parts  and  accessories. 

Form  No.  15— II— 1  F: 

Accessory  instruments  for  the  fire  control  of  artillery  of  position. 

PART  I,  CLASS  II,  SECTION  3. 

Form  No.  15— II— 3  A: 

Machines,  tools,  and  materials  for  use  at  posts  in  repair  of  seacoaat  artillery. 

PART  I,  CLASS  II,  SECTION  4. 

Form  No.  15— II— 4  A: 

Seacoast  targets  and  target  accessories  and  materials. 

PART  I,  CLASS  II,  SECTION  5. 

Form  No.  15— II— 5  A: 

Articles  for  drafting  and  photoprinting  purposes. 

PART  I,  CLASS  II,  SECTION  7. 

Form  No.  15— II— 7  A: 

Articles  constituting  the  drill  primer  outfit. 

Form  No.  15— II— 7  B: 

Decapping,  cleaning,  and  priming  tools  for  artillery  of  positon. 

Form  No.  15— II— 7  C: 

Pressure  gauges,  and  their  parts  and  accessories. 

PART  I,  CLASS  III,  SECTION  1. 

Form  No.  15— III— 1  A: 

Ammunition  and  its  components  for  8-inch  guns  of  all  models. 

Form  No.  15— III— 1  B: 

Ammunition  and  its  components  for  10-inch  guns  of  all  models. 

Form  No.  15— III— 1  C: 

Ammunition  and  its  components  for  12-inch  guns  of  all  models. 

Form  No.  15— III— 1  D: 

Ammunition  and  its  components  for  12-inch  mortars  of  all  models. 


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PART  I,  CLASS  III,  SECTION  2. 

Form  No.  15— III— 2  A: 

Ammunition  for  2.24-inch  (6-pdr.)  guns  of  all  models. 

Form  No.  15— III— 2  B: 

Ammunition  for  3-inch  (15-pdr.)  guns  of  all  models. 

Form  No.  15— III— 2  C: 

Ammunition  for  4-inch  Driggs-Schroeder  gun. 

Form  No.  15— III— 2  D: 

Ammunition  for  4.72-inch  Armstrong  guns. 

Form  No.  15— III— 2  E: 

Ammunition  for  5-inch  guns  of  all  models. 
Form  No.  15— III— 2  F: 

Ammunition  for  6-inch  guns  in  general. 
Form  No.  15— III— 2  G: 

Ammunition  peculiar  to  the  6-inch  Armstrong  gun. 
Form  No.  15— III— 2  H: 

Ammunition  peculiar  to  6-inch  guns,  models  of  1897,  1897  Mi,  1900,  1903,  1905, 
1908,  and  1908  Mi. 

PART  I,  CLASS  III,  SECTION  3. 

Form  No.  15— III— 3  A: 

Ammunition  and  its  components  for  subcaliber  guns. 

PART  I,  CLASS  III,  SECTION  6. 

Form  No.  15— III— 6  A: 

Miscellaneous  components  used  in  ammunition  for  artillery  of  position,  includ- 
ing cartridge  storage  cases,  metallic  powder  barrels,  etc. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IV,  SECTION  1. 
Form  No.  15— IV— 1  A: 

Maxim  automatic  machine  gun,  cal.  .30,  model  of  1904,  and  special  spare  parts. 
Form  No.  15— IV— 1  B: 

Tripod,  model  of  1904,  for  the  Maxim  automatic  machine  gun,  cal.  .30,  and 

parts. 
Form  No.  15— IV— 1  C: 

Accessories  and  spare  parts  for  the  Maxim  automatic  machine  gun,  cal.   .30, 

model  of  1904. 
Form  No.  15— IV— ID: 

Pack  outfits,  American  and  English  models,  for  Maxim  automatic  machine  gun, 

cal.  .30,  model  of  1904,  and  their  parts. 
Form  No.  15— IV— 1  E: 

Wheeled  mount,  model  of  1905,  for  Maxim  automatic  machine  gun,  cal.  .30, 

and  spare  parts  and  accessories  peculiar  to  it. 
Form  No.  15— IV— 1  L  and  1  M: 

Colt  automatic  machine  gun,  cal.  .30,  and  its  tripod,  and  their  parts. 
Form  No.  15— IV— IN: 

Mount  for  the  Colt  automatic  machine  gun,  cal.  .30,  and  its  spare  parts. 
Form  No.  15— IV— 1  P: 

Carriage  for  the  Colt  automatic  machine  gun,  cal.  .30,  and  its  spare  parts. 
Form  No.  15— IV— 1  Q: 

Accessories  and  spare  parts  for  the  Colt  automatic  machine  gun,  cal.  .30. 


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PART  I,  CLASS  IV,  SECTION  2. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 2  A: 

2.95-inch  mountain  gun  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 2  B: 

2.95-inch  mountain  carriage  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 2  C: 

Sights,  accessories,  implements,  and  equipments  for  above  gun  and  carriage. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 2  D: 

Pack  outfit,  components  and  parts  for  the  2.95-inch  mountain  gun. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 2  E: 

Tools,  implements,  etc.,  for  the  portable  outfit,  model  of  1906. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IV,  SECTION  3. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 3  A: 

3-inch  field  gun,  model  of  1902,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15— IV— 3  B: 

3-inch  field  gun,  models  of  1904  and  1905,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 3  C: 

3-inch  field  carriage,  model  of  1902,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 3  D: 

3-inch  field  limber,  model  of  1902,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  15— IV— 3  E: 

3-inch  field  caisson,  model  of  1902,  and  parts. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 3  F: 

Sights,  accessories,  tools,  implements,  and  equipments  for  the  3-inch  field  guns, 
models  of  1902,  1904,  and  1905. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IV,  SECTION  5. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 5  A: 

Subcaliber  cartridges  and  drill  cartridges  for  the  2.95-inch  mountain  gun,  and  the 
3-inch  field  guns  of  all  models. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IV,  SECTION  8. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 8  A: 

Harness,  and  its  components,  for  mobile  artillery,  exclusive  of  packing  outfits. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IV,  SECTION  9. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 9  A: 

Forge  limber,  model  of  1902,  and  parts  peculiar  to  it. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 9  B: 

Battery  wagon,  model  of  1902,  and  parts  peculiar  to  it. 

Form  No.  15— IV— 9  C: 

Store  wagon  limber,  model  of  1902,  and  parts  peculiar  to  it. 
Form  No.  15— IV— 9  D: 

Store  wagon,  model  of  1902,  and  parts  peculiar  to  it. 
Form  No.  15— IV— 9  E: 

Implements  and  equipments,  and  their  parts,  for  mobile  artillery. 

PART  I,  CLASS  V,  SECTION  1. 

Form  No.  15— V— 1  A : 

Range  finders  and  other  articles  for  fire  control  of  mobile  artillery. 


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PART  I,  CLASS  V,  SECTION  3. 
Form  No.  15— V— 3  A: 

Mobile  artillery  targets  and  target  accessories  and  supplies. 

PART  I,  CLASS  V,  SECTION  5. 
Form  No.  15— V— 5  A: 

Decapping,  cleaning,  and  priming  tools  for  mobile  artillery. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VI,  SECTION  1. 
Form  No.  15— VI— 1  B: 

Ammunition  and  its  components  for  1-pounder  Maxim  Q.  F.  gun. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VI,  SECTION  2. 
Form  No.  15— VI— 2  A: 

Ammunition  and  its  components  for  2.95-inch  mountain  gun. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VI,  SECTION  3. 
Form  No.  15— VI— 3  A: 

Ammunition  and  its  components  for  the  3-inch  field  guns  of  all  models. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VI,  SECTION  7. 
Form  No.  15— VI— 7  A: 

Miscellaneous  components  used  in  ammunition  for  mobile  artillery,  including 
metallic  powder  barrels,  etc. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VII,  SECTION  1. 
Form  No.  15— VII— 1  A: 

U.  S.  rifle,  model  of  1903,  spare  parts  and  appendages. 
Form  No.  15— VII— 1  B: 

U.  S.  magazine  rifle,  model  of  1898,  spare  parts  and  appendages. 
Form  No.  15— VII— 1  C: 

U.  S.  magazine  carbine,  model  of  1899,  spare  parts  and  appendages. 
Form  No.  15— VII— 1  D: 

Gallery  practice  rifle,  model  of  1903,  and  appendages. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VII,  SECTION  2. 

Form  No.  15— VII— 2  A: 

Colt's  revolver,  cal.  .38,  models  of  1901  and  1903,  spare  parts  and  appendages. 

Form  No.  15— VII— 2  B.- 
Colt's revolver,  cal.  .45,  model  of  1909,  spare  parts  and  appendages. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VII,  SECTION  4. 
Form  No.  15— VII— 4  A: 

Winchester  repeating  shotgun,  No.  12  gauge,  model  of  1897,  spare  parts  and 
appendages. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VII,  SECTION  5. 
Form  No.  15— VII— 5  A: 

Cavalry  and  artillery  sabers,  N.  C.  O.  swords,  H.  C.  knives,  and  their  scabbards 

and  parts. 
Form  No.  15— VII— 5  B: 

Knife  bayonet  and  bayonet  scabbard,  models  of  1905,  and  their  parts. 
Form  No.  15— VII— 5  C: 

Bayonet  for  the  model  of  1898  rifle,  bayonet  scabbard,  model  of  1899,  and  their 

parts. 
Form  No.  15— VII— 5  D: 

Officers'  sword  and  its  scabbard,  and  their  parts  and  appendages. 


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PART  I,  CLASS  VIII,  SECTION  1. 

Form  No.  15— VIII— 1  A: 

Ammunition   for   the   U.    S.  rifle,  model   of   1903,  and   gallery  practice  rifle, 

model  of  1903. 
Form  No.  15— VIII— 1  B: 

Ammunition  for  the  magazine  rifle,  model  of  1898. 
Form  No.  15— VIII— 1  C: 

Ammunition  for  the  Springfield  cadet  rifle,  cal.  .45. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VIII,  SECTION  2. 

Form  No.  15— VIII— 2  A: 

Ammunition  for  pistole  and  revolvers. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VIII,  SECTION  3. 

Form  No.  15— VIII— 3  A: 
Ammunition  for  shotguns. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IX,  SECTION  1. 

Form  No.  15— IX— 1  A: 

Infantry  equipments,  standard,  and  components. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IX,  SECTION  2. 

Form  No.  15— IX— 2  A: 

Cavalry  equipments,  standard,  and  components. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IX,  SECTION  3. 

Form  No.  15— IX— 3  A: 

Artillery  equipments  and  components. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IX,  SECTION  4. 

Form  No.  15— IX-4  A: 
Band  equipments. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IX,  SECTION  5. 

Form  No.  15— IX— 5  A: 

Horse  equipments,  standard,  and  components. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IX,  SECTION  6. 
Form  No.  15— IX— 6  A: 

Officers'  equipments  and  their  components  (personal  and  horse). 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  1. 
Form  No.  15— X— 1  A: 

Arm  chests,  arm  lockers,  etc. 
Form  No.  15— X— 1  B: 
Arm  racks. 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  2. 
Form  No.  15— X— 2  A: 

Fencing  equipments,  cavalry  and  infantry. 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  3. 
Form  No.  15— X— 3  A: 
Intrenching  tools. 


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PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  4. 

Form  No.  15— X— 4  A: 

Insignia  for  small-arms  and  gunnery  practice. 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  5. 

Form  No.  15— X— 5  A: 

Marking  and  stamping  outfits. 
Form  No.  15— X— 5  B: 

Stencil  and  etching  outfits. 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  7. 

Form  No.  15— X— 7  A: 

Laidley  revolving  targets,  6  by  6  feet  and  6  by  12  feet,  and  their  parts. 

Form  No.  15— X— 7  B: 

Texas  revolving  target,  6  by  6  feet,  and  its  parts. 

Form  No.  15— X— 7  C: 

Sliding  targets,  6  by  6  feet  and  6  by  12  feet,  and  their  parts. 

Form  No.  15— X— 7  D: 

Rolling  target,  6  by  12  feet,  and  its  parts. 

Form  No.  15— X— 7  F: 

Target  interior  frames,  paper  targets,  centers  for  paper  targets,  and  pasters. 

Form  No.  15— X— 7  G: 

Small-arms  skirmish  targets,  including  cloth  silhouettes  and  paper  silhouettes 

therefor. 
Form  No.  15— X— 7  H: 

Gallery  practice  targets,  including  miniature  sliding  targets,  and  their  parts. 

Form  No.  15— X— 7  J: 

Accessories  for  small-arms  target  practice,  consisting  of  flags,  sandglasses,  marking 
disks  and  staves,  etc. 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  8. 

Form  No.  15— X— 8  B: 

Bench  reloading  tools,  and  their  accessories,  for  ball  cartridges,  models  of  1898 

and  1906. 
Form  No.  15— X— 8  C: 

Decapping  and  cleaning  tools  for  cal.  .30  cartridges,  models  of  1898  and  1906,  and 
cal.  .38  revolver  cartridges. 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  9. 

Form  No.  15— X— 9  B: 

Company  repair  kit,  model  of  1903  rifle. 
Form  No.  15— X— 9  C: 

Armorer's  tool  chest  and  contents. 
Form  No.  15— X— 9  D: 

Blacksmith's  tools. 
Form  No.  15— X— 9  E: 

Carpenter's  tools. 
Form  No.  15— X— 9  F: 

Saddler's  tools. 


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PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  10. 


Form  No.  15— X— 10  A: 

Cleaning  materials. 
Form  No.  15— X— 10  B: 

Cloth,  rope,  thread,  etc. 
Form  No.  15— X— 10  C: 

Hardware. 
Form  No.  15— X— 10  D: 

Leather,  hides,  etc. 
Form  No.  15— X— 10  E: 

Oils,  etc. 
Form  No.  15— X— 10  F: 

Paints,  etc. 

Form  No.  15— X— 10  G: 
Tools  and  utensils. 


DESIGNATIONS  OF  THE  FORMS  REQUIRED  BY  ALL  OFFICERS  AND 
CUSTODIANS  OF  ORDNANCE  PROPERTY,  OTHER  THAN  COMMANDING 
OFFICERS  OF  ARSENALS  AND  ORDNANCE  DEPOTS,  AND  ARTILLERY 
DISTRICT  ORDNANCE  OFFICERS,  IN  ACCOUNTING  FOR  ORDNANCE 
PROPERTY. 

(a)  GENERAL  FORMS. 
Form  No.  18 — Cover. 

This  form  constitutes  the  cover  for  the  annual  return  rendered  by  governors  of 
States  or  Territories,  or  the  commanding  general  of  the  militia  of  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia; and  for  the  semiannual  return  rendered  by  other  officers  and  custodians  account- 
able for  ordnance  property. 
Form  No.  18. 

This  form  constitutes  the  inside  sheets  of  the  return.  It  is  provided  with  blank 
headings  for  use  when  the  forms  with  printed  headings  are  not  applicable.  Officers 
and  other  persons  accountable  for  ordnance  property  are  required  to  write  in  the  blank 
headings  the  proper  descriptions  of  the  articles  according  to  the  nomenclature  and 
classification  prescribed  in  ordnance  price  lists  or  other  official  publications.  The 
sheets  so  prepared  will  be  inserted  in  the  cover  of  the  return  according  to  the  proper 
class  and  section  to  which  the  property  pertains. 
Form  No.  18-A. 

1.  This  form  is  only  for  use  in  making  special  individual  returns  required  by 
A.  R.  1537  of  1908,  to  cover  accountability  for  horse  equipments  issued  to  officers  of 
the  army  below  the  grade  of  major,  as  authorized  by  the  Act  of  Congress  approved 
May  11,  1908. 

2.  The  return  will  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  each  invoice,  receipt,  report  of 
survey,  and  inventory  and  inspection  report,  which  forms  a  voucher  to  cover  articles 
entered  on  the  return  as  received  or  disposed  of.     The  return,  completed  and  signed, 
accompanied  by  all  the  necessary  vouchers,  will  be  folded  and  pasted  shut  as  indi- 
cated thereon  and  mailed  (no  envelope  required  to  be  used  in  mailing  this  return) 
direct  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  U.  S.  Army,  Washington,  D.  C.,  within  twenty 
days  after  the  close  of  the  accountable  periods,  viz,  June  30  and  December  31,  except 
that  in  the  Philippines  Division  the  return  will  be  mailed  to  the  chief  ordnance 
officer  of  the  division.     When  an  officer  turns  in  his  equipments,  as  provided  in 
A.  R.  1537,  a  final  return  will  be  rendered  by  him  immediately  to  close  his  account 
for  the  equipments. 

3.  For  list  of  the  articles  constituting  the  set  of  horse  equipments  see  General 
Order  No.  239,  War  Department,  series  of  1909. 


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Form  No.  19:  Certificate  of  expenditures. 
Form  No.  24:  Top  binder  board  for  vouchers. 
Form  No.  25:  Bottom  binder  board  for  vouchers. 

The  two  preceding  forms  are  for  issue  to  ordnance  officers  of  recruit  depots  only: 
Form  No.  86:  Statement  of  charges. 
Form  No.  94:  Report  of  ordnance  charges. 
Form  No.  146:  Transfer  of  ordnance  property. 

Form  No.  152:  Transfer  of  ordnance  property  under  A.  R.  1552  of  1908. 
Form  No.  272:  Abstract  of  sales  (outside  sheet). 
Form  No.  273:  Abstract  of  sales  (inside  sheet). 
Form  No.  1,  I.  G.  D.:  Inventory  and  inspection  report. 

This  pertains  to  and  is  issued  by  the  Inspector  General's  Department. 
Form  No.  196,  A.  G.  O.:  Report  of  survey. 

This  form  pertains  to  and  is  issued  by  the  Adjutant  General's  Department. 

(b)  SPECIAL  FORMS. 

These  forms  constitute  the  inside  sheets  of  the  return.  They  are  provided  with 
printed  headings  for  use  in  accounting  for  the  articles  of  ordnance  property  that  are 
in  general  use  in  the  service.  These  forms  are  also  provided  with  a  limited  number 
of  blank  headings  for  inserting  such  descriptions  of  articles  as  pertain  to  the  property 
covered  by  the  forms,  but  for  which  printed  headings  are  not  furnished. 

The  following  special  forms  are  denominated  and  the  articles  to  which  they  pertain 
are  described  according  to  the  classification  hereinbefore  given: 

PART  I,  CLASS  I,  SECTION  6. 
Form  No.  18—1—6  A: 

3-inch  saluting  gun,  with  its  mount,  spare  parts,  and  accessories. 

PART  I,  CLASS  II,  SECTION  7. 
Form  No.  18— II— 7  B: 

Decapping,  cleaning,  and  priming  tools  for  the  3-inch  saluting  gun. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IV,  SECTION  1. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 1  A: 

Maxim  automatic  machine  gun,  cal.  .30,  model  of  1904,  and  special  spare  parts. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 1  B: 

Tripod,  model  of  1904,  for  the  Maxim  automatic  machine  gun,  cal.  .30,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 1  C: 

Accessories  and  spare  parts  for  Maxim  automatic  machine  gun,  cal.  .30,  model  of 

1904. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 1  D: 

Pack  outfits,  American  and  English  models,  for  Maxim  automatic  machine  gun, 

cal.  .30,  model  of  1904,  and  their  parts. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 1  F: 

Gatling  gun,  cal.  .30,  model  of  1903,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 1  G: 

Gatling-gun  carriage  and  limber  and  parts. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 1  H: 

Accessories,  tools,  and  implements  for  Gatling  gun,  cal.  .30,  model  of  1903. 


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PART  I,  CLASS  IV,  SECTION  2. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 2  A: 

2.95-inch  mountain  gun  and  parts. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 2  B: 

2.95-inch  mountain  carriage  and  parts. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 2  C: 

Sights,  accessories,  tools,  and  equipments,  etc.,  for  2. 95-inch  mountain  gun. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 2  D: 

Pack  outfit,  components  and  parts  for  2.95-inch  mountain  gun. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 2  E: 

Tools,  implements,  etc.,  for  the  portable  outfit,  model  of  1906. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IV,  SECTION  3. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 3  A: 

3-inch  field  gun,  model  of  1902,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 3  B: 

3-inch  field  gun,  models  of  1904  and  1905,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 3  C: 

3-inch  field  carriage,  model  of  1902,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 3  D: 

3-inch  field  limber,  model  of  1902,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 3  E: 

3-inch  field  caisson,  model  of  1902,  and  parts. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 3  F: 

Sights,  accessories,  tools,  implements,  and  equipments  for  the  3-inch  field  guns, 
models  of  1902,  1904,  and  1905. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IV,  SECTION  5. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 5  A: 

Subcaliber  cartridges  and  drill  cartridges  for  the  2.95-inch  mountain  gun  and  the 
3-inch  field  gun. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IV,  SECTION  8. 

Form  No.  18— IV— 8  A: 

Harness  and  its  components  for  mobile  artillery,  exclusive  of  packing  outfits. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IV,  SECTION  9. 

Form  No.  18— IV— 9  A: 

Forge  limber,  model  of  1902,  and  parts  peculiar  to  it. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 9  B: 

Battery  wagon,  model  of  1902,  and  parts  peculiar  to  it. 
Form  No.  18— IV— 9  C: 

Store  wagon  limber,  model  of  1902,  and  parts  peculiar  to  it. 

Form  No.  18— IV— 9  D: 

Store  wagon,  model  of  1902,  and  parts  peculiar  to  it. 

Form  No.  18— IV— 9  E: 

Implements,  equipments,  and  their  parts,  pertaining  to  mobile  artillery. 

PART  I,  CLASS  V,  SECTION  1. 

Form  No.  18— V— 1  A: 

Range  finders  and  other  articles  for  the  fire  control  of  mobile  artillery. 


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PART  I,  CLASS  V,  SECTION  3. 
Form  No.  18— V— 3  A: 

Mobile  artillery  targets  and  target  accessories  and  supplies. 

PART  I,  CLASS  V,  SECTION  5. 
Form  No.  18— V— 5  A: 

Decapping,  cleaning,  and  priming  tools  for  mobile  artillery. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VI,  SECTION  2. 
Form  No.  18— VI— 2  A: 

Ammunition  and  its  components  for  the  2.95-inch  mountain  gun. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VI,  SECTION  3. 
Form  No.  18— VI— 3  A: 

Ammunition  and  its  components  for  the  3-inch  field  gun. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VII,  SECTION  1. 
Form  No.  18— VII— 1  A: 

U.  S.  rifle,  model  of  1903,  spare  parts  and  appendages. 
Form  No.  18— VII— 1  B: 

U.S.  magazine  rifle,  model  of  1898,  spare  parts  and  appendages. 
Form  No.  18— VII— 1  C: 

U.  S.  magazine  carbine,  model  of  1899,  spare  parts  and  appendages. 
Form  No.  18— VII— 1  D: 

Gallery  practice  rifle,  model  of  1903,  and  appendages. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VII,  SECTION  2. 
Form  No.  18— VII— 2  A: 

Colt's  revolver,  cal.  .38,  models  of  1901  and  1903,  spare  parts  and  appendages. 
Form  No.  18— VII— 2  B: 

Colt's  revolver,  cal.  .45,  model  of  1909,  spare  parts  and  appendages. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VII,  SECTION  5. 

Form  No.  18— VII— 5  A: 

Sabers,  swords,  H.  C.  knives,  scabbards,  and  their  parts. 
Form  No.  18— VII— 5  B: 

Knife  bayonet  and  bayonet  scabbard,  models  of  1905,  and  their  parts. 
Form  No.  18— VII— 5  C: 

Bayonet  for  the  model  of  1898  rifle,  bayonet  scabbard,  model  of  1899,  and  their 
parts. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VIII,  SECTION  1. 
Form  No.  18— VIII— 1  A: 

Ammunition   for  the   U.    S.  rifle,  model    of  1903,    and  gallery  practice  rifle, 

model  of  1903. 
Form  No.  18— VIII— IB: 

Ammunition  for  the  magazine  rifle,  model  of  1898,  carbine,  model  of  1899,  and 
gallery  practice  rifle,  model  of  1903. 

PART  I,  CLASS  VIII,  SECTION  2. 

Form  No.  18— VIII— 2  A: 

Ammunition  for  pistols  and  revolvers. 


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PART  I,  CLASS  IX,  SECTION  1. 
Form  No.  18— IX— 1  A: 

Infantry  equipments,  standard,  and  components. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IX,  SECTION  !2. 
Form  No.  18— IX— 2  A: 

Cavalry  equipments,  standard,  and  components. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IX,  SECTION  4. 
Form  No.  18— IX— 4  A: 
Band  equipments. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IX,  SECTION  5. 
Form  No.  18— IX— 5  A: 

Horse  equipments,  standard,  and  components. 

PART  I,  CLASS  IX,  SECTION  6. 

Form  No.  18— IX— 6  A: 

Officers'  equipments  and  their  components  (personal  and  horse). 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  1. 
Form  No.  18— X— 1  A: 

Arm  chests. 

•XT     -.o     -*r     *  T»      Both  on  the  same  sheet. 
Form  No.  18— X— 1  B: 

Ann  racks. 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  2. 
Form  No.  18— X— 2  A: 

Fencing  equipments,  cavalry  and  infantry. 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  3. 
Form  No.  18— X— 3  A: 
Intrenching  tools. 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  5. 
Form  No.  18— X— 5  A: 

Marking  outfits.  t 

Form  No.  18— X— 5  B: 

Stencil  and  etching  outfits. 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  7. 

Form  No.  18— X— 7  A: 

Laidley  revolving  targets,  6  by  6  feet,  and  6  by  12  feet,  and  their  parts. 
Form  No.  18— X— 7  B: 

Texas  revolving  target,  6  by  6  feet,  and  its  parts. 
-Form  No.  18— X— 7  C: 

Sliding  targets,  6  by  6  feet,  and  6  by  12  feet,  and  their  parts. 
Form  No.  18— X— 7  D: 

Rolling  target,  6  by  12  feet,  and  its  parts. 
Form  No.  18— X— 7  F: 

Target  interior  frames,  paper  targets,  centers  for  paper  targets,  and  pasters. 

Form  No.  18— X— 7  G: 

Small-arms  skirmish  targets,  including  cloth  silhouettes,  and  paper  silhouettes 
therefor. 


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Form  No.  18— X— 7  II : 

Gallery  practice  targets  and  their  parts,  including  the  miniature  sliding  target. 
Form  No.  18— X— 7  J: 

Accessories  for  small-arms  target  practice. 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  8. 

Form  No.  18— X— 8  B: 

Bench  reloading  tools  for  ball  cartridges,  models  of  1898  and  1906. 
Form  No.  18— X— 8  C: 

Decapping  and  cleaning  tools  for  cal.  .30  cartridges,  models  of  1898  and  190G,  and 
cal.  .38  revolver  cartridges. 

PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  9. 
Form  No.  18— X— 9  B: 

Company  repair  kit,  model  of  1903  rifle. 
Form  No.  18— X— 9D: 

Blacksmith's  tools  for  all  organizations. 
Form  No.  18— X— 9E: 

Carpenter's  tools  for  all  organizations. 
Form  No.  18— X— 9  F: 

Saddler's  tools  for  all  organizations. 


PART  I,  CLASS  X,  SECTION  10. 


Form  No.  18— X— 10  A: 
Cleaning  materials. 

Form  No.  18—  X-10  B: 

Cloth,  rope,  thread,  etc. 
Form  No.  18— X— 10  C: 

Hardware. 
Form  No.  18— X— 10  D: 

Leather,  hides,  etc. 
Form  No.  18— X— 10  E: 

Oils,  etc. 

32915-557-1. 

FORM  No.  1912. 

Ed.  Nov.  20  09-6,000. 

16596—10 9 


INDEX. 


Page.       Paragraph. 

Accountability,  property 74-97 

Arsenals  and  ordnance  depots 111-124     187-189, 

207 

Artillery  district  ordnance  officers 111-124  31, 

74, 188, 190 
Articles  embraced  in — 

First  division ." 188 

Second  division 189 

Blank  forms.     (See  Blank  forms.) 

Civil  employees.     (See  Employees,  civil.) 

Commanding  general,  District  of  Columbia  Militia.     (See  District  of 

Columbia,  Militia.) 
Commanding  officers  of — 

Posts 32,  34 

Troops,  companies 191, 

207,  209 

Cost  of  repairs  or  damages  to  arms,  etc.,  due  to  abuse  or  neglect 20 

Deficiency,  on  final  settlements  of  accounts  of  officers 21 

District  of  Columbia.     (See  District  of  Columbia.) 

Divisions  of  property 187 

Duplicate  of  invoices,  returns,  and  vouchers,  furnished  from  Ordnance 

Office 198 

Educational  institutions.     (See  Educational  institutions.) 

Enlisted  men,  for  small  arms 9,  53 

Executive  Departments.     (See  Executive  Departments.) 

Governors  of  States,  etc 5-7, 

38, 40, 191 

High  schools.     (See  District  of  Columbia.) 

Homes  for  disabled  volunteer  soldiers.     (See  Homes  for  disabled  vol- 
unteer soldiers.) 
Horse  equipments.    (See  Officers;  also  District  of  Columbia,  police.) 

Infield 35,36 

Militia.     (See  Militia  and  District  of  Columbia.) 
Officers: 

Horse  equipments 124    2, 33, 191 

Ordnance,  post  or  regimental 30,  31, 191, 

207,  209 

Ordnance  sergeant 32,  50 

Orphans'  homes.     (See  Orphans'  homes.) 

Police.     (See  District  of  Columbia.) 

Presidents  of  educational  institutions.     (See  Educational  institutions.) 

Returns.     (See  Returns,  property.) 

Sales.  (See  Sales.) 

Soldiers  killed 66 

Stores — 

For  ornamental  purposes 17, 44 

Loaned 16, 44 

Suit  for  delinquency 224 

Transfer  of — 

At  arsenals,  articles  from  one  form  of  return  to  another  and  from 

one  commanding  officer  to  another 204,  205 

By  artillery  district  ordnance  officers 206 

On  return,  illustrated 205 

131 


132 

Accountability,  property — Continued.                                                       Page.  Paragraph. 
Vouchers.     (See  Vouchers.) 
(See  also  Property  and  Nomenclature.) 

Accumulations,  recoveries,  etc.,  property 48-49 

Captured  or  abandoned,  accounting  for 141, 142 

Found  in  excess 140 

Lost 141 

Not  previously  accounted  for 139 

Scrap,  from  manufactures 138 

Ammunition : 

Allowances  of — 

Artillery,  field  and  seacoast 145 

Based  on  appropriations  by  Congress 145, 147 

Excess,  how  charged 146 

Militia 148 

Published  in  War  Department  orders : . .  145, 

147, 148 

Certificate 209 

Educational  institutions 14 

How  expended 3, 143 

Inventory  of,  required 208-210 

On  wounded  or  sick  soldier 63 

Orphans'  homes 13 

Requisitions  for 72,  75 

Responsibility  for,  in  field 35,  36 

Target  practice 13, 14, 

145, 147 

Appendix,  forms  required  in  accounting  for  property 109-129 

Armament  districts,  maintenance  of: 
Mobile  artillery — 

Army 48,  70 

Militia 69,70 

Seacoast  artillery — 

Army 47,74 

Militia 70 

Armament  officer: 

District,  repairs  to  mobile  artillery  batteries 79,  88 

Mobile  artillery,  repairs  to  militia  batteries 

Seacoast,  maintenance  of  armament 74 

Arm  racks  and  lockers 52,  53, 167 

For  militia 67 

Not  required  in  field 54 

Arms  and  ammunition  for  protection  of  public  money  and  property  of 

Departments  of  Government 3 

Arms  and  equipments: 

Militia,  same  as  for  army 

Of  wounded  or  sick  soldier 63 

Arsenals.     (See  Accountability ;  Property ;  Returns,  etc.) 

Artillery  district  ordnance  officers,  accountability  of 31,  72,  73, 

74, 188, 190 
Artillery,  mobile: 

Alteration  and  improvement  of 70 

Ammunition.     (See  Ammunition.) 
Repairs — 

Arsenal  to  which  articles  should  be  shipped Ill 

By  whom 79,  88 

Artillery,  seacoast 47,  70, 

74,  83,  111 

Badges,  medals,  and  insignia,  issue  of 120 

Belting,  how  accounted  for 183 

Binders  for  vouchers Ill,  125  194 

Blank  forms: 

Binder  boards  for  vouchers Ill,  125  194 

Bonds,  educational  institutions  and  orphans'  homes — 

When  principal  and  sureties  are  individuals  (Form  No. 

1417)...... 89 


133 


Blank  forms — Continued.                                                                                 Page.     Paragraph. 
Bonds,  educational  institutions  and  orphans'  homes — Continued. 
When  principal  is  a   corporation  and   sureties    are   indi- 
viduals (Form  No.  1418) 89 

When  principal  is  an  individual  and  surety  a  corporation 

(Form  No.  1419) 89 

When  principal  and  surety  are  corporations  (Form  No.  1420) 89 

Card  property  return,  for  arsenals Ill 

Charges,  pay  roll,  report  by  officer  for  Paymaster-General  (Form 

No.  94) 112,125  162 

Charges,  pay  roll,  statement  for  property  return  (Form  No. 

86) 112,125  162 

Expenditures  (Form  No.  19) Ill,  125  149 

Horse  equipments,  officer's  return  of  (Form  No.  18-A) 124    2,  33, 191 

Inventory  and  inspection  reports  (Form  No.  1,  I.  G.  D.) 112, 125  163 

Militia  property  return 124  6-8, 

191,  207 

Militia  survey  of  property  (Form  No.  16,  D.  M.  A.) 110, 

169, 173 
Purchases — 

Abstract  of  (Forms  Nos.  219  and  220) 112      127, 128 

Inspection  and  receipt  (Form  No.  1066) 112  131 

Register  of  vouchers,  illustrated 78,  79,  111  188, 

191, 199 

Report  of  operations  (Forms  Nos.  1243  and  1244) 112  130 

Report  of  survey  (Form  No.  196,  A.  G.  O.) 112,125 

Requisitions — 

Militia  (Form  No.  390) 87 

Seacoast  armament  (Form  No.  388) 74, 83 

Stationery  and  blank  forms,  arsenals  (Form  No.  389) 90,  91 

Troops  (Form  No.  386) 83 

Returns,  property — 

For  commanding  officers  of  ordnance  establishments  and 
artillery  district  ordnance  officers — 

General  forms 1H-112 

Special  forms 112-124 

For  officers  and  custodians  other  than  commanding  officers 
of  ordnance  establishments  and  artillery  district  ord- 
nance officers — 

General  forms 124-125 

Special  forms 125-129 

(See  also  Returns,  property.) 
Sales- 
Abstract  of  (Forms  Nos.  272  and  273) 112, 125  132 

Condemned  property  (Form  No.  561) 134 

Receipt  (Form  No.  147) 133 

Surveying  officers,  reports  of  (Form  No.  196,  A.  G.  O.) 125  153 

Transfer,  general,  property,  invoice  and  receipt  (Form  No.  146), 

illustrated 41, 112, 125  113 

Transfer,  invoice  and  receipt,  detached  soldier  (Form  No.  152)        66, 

112, 125       119, 162 
Transfers,  in  classes,  of  articles  at  arsenals,  etc.  (Forms  Nos.  274 

and  275) 112  185 

Where  obtained 5,  8 

Bonds,  for  safe-keeping  of  property: 

Educational  institutions 11, 12, 

15,  89, 176 

Forms 89 

High  school,  Washington,  D.  C 10 

Miscellaneous 11 

Orphans'  homes T 15,  89 

Value  for  loss,  etc.,  charged , 176 

Boxes,  etc.: 

Marking  of 116 

Sealing  of 115 

Buildings,  description  and  accountability 183,  201 


134 

Canteens  and  haversacks:  Page.     Paragraph. 

Marked,  retained  until  unserviceable -      ioi 

Not  marked  until  actually  required 101 

Care  and  preservation,  property 20-26 

Expense  of,  by  educational  institution,  home,  etc 71 

Officers,  liability  for 34 

Soldiers  killed,  property  secured 60 

Spare  parts  and  materials  for,  described  in  price  lists  and  pamphlets  . .  46 

Cartridge  cases: 

Fired,  not  kept  in  rifle  longer  than  necessary 56 

Oil  and  grease,  application  of,  to,  prohibited 56 

Cartridges,  not  kept  in  rifle  longer  than  necessary 56 

Certificates  of  nomndebtedness 26, 

218,  220 
Charges,  pay  roll,  report  by  officer  for   Paymaster-General  (Form 

No.  94) -. 112,125  162 

Charges,  pay  roll,  statement  for  property  return  (Form  No.  86) 112, 125  162 

Chests  or  boxes,  when  sealed 115 

Civil  employees.     (See  Employees,  civil.) 

Classification,  property 16-20 

Colleges.     (See  Educational  institutions.) 

Commanding  general,    District  of    Columbia    Militia.     (See   District   of 

Columbia,  Militia.) 
Commanding  officers,  responsibility  and  accountability  of: 

Arsenals 28, 59 

Batteries  and  stations,  seacoast 31 

Detachments 29 

Posts 32,  34 

Troops,  batteries,  and  companies 25,  29 

Condemned  property.     (See  Property,  condemned.) 
Containers,  property: 

Shipment  of 104 

Shipment  of,  under  100  pounds 107 

When  entered  on  vouchers • 

Conn tershaf ting,  how  accounted  for 183 

Damages  or  repairs  to  arms,  equipments,  etc.,  due  to  abuse  or  negligence, 

to  whom  charged 20 

Deficiency  of,  or  damage  to,  military  supplies,  to  whom  charged 21, 

]56, 176 
Deficiency  or  loss: 

By  unavoidable  accident 

In  shipments  to  or  from  militia 174 

Departments,  Executive.     (See  Executive  Departments.) 
Destruction  of  property: 

By  whom  authorized 165 

Certificate  required 165, 166 

District  of  Columbia,  property: 
High  schools — 

Accountability,  by  whom  rendered 41 

Bond  for  safe-keeping 10 

Issue  to 10 

Responsibility  of 41 

Militia- 
Armories,  suitable,  required 

Laws  relating  to 5-9 

Lost  or  destroyed — 

Lack  of  proper  storage  facilities 

Value  of  and  responsibility  for,  determined 7,  9, 171 

Repairs 

Requisitions  for  stores 87 

Responsibility  and  accountability  of 

Return — 

Failure  to  render 

Form  of 124  191 

When  and  to  whom  forwarded 207 

(See  also  Militia.) 


135 


District  of  Columbia,  property— Continued.                                              Page.  Paragraph. 
Police- 
Horse  equipments 4 

Lost  or  destroyed 175 

Responsibility  and  accountability 37 

Returns.     (See  Returns,  property,  and  Blank  forms.) 

Transfers  to 96 

Educational  institutions: 

Bonds,  kind  and  execution  of .  11  12 

15, 89, 176 

Deficiency  or  loss  of  property 176 

Issues  of  property  to 11-15 

Requisitions.     (See  Requisitions.) 

Responsibility  and  accountability  of 42 

Returns — 

By  whom  rendered 124  42,  43, 191 

Failure  to  render 222 

Target  practice,  ammunition,  etc. ,  for 13, 14 

Transfers  of  property  to 96 

Employees,  civil: 

Charged  for  defective  work 168 

Lost  or  abandoned  property,  recovered 141 

Property  under  control  or  supervision  of 59, 168 

Protection  of  public  money  and  property  of  Departments  of  Government  3 

Enemy,  property  taken  from 24 

Equipments,  horse: 

For  officers,  furnished  by  United  States 124  2, 33, 191 

Issue  to  police,  District  of  Columbia 4 

Executive  Departments,  property: 

Issues 3 

Lost  or  destroyed 175 

Purchased  from 131 

Responsibility  and  accountability 39 

Transfer 1 121, 125 

Expenditures,  property 50-61 

Ammunition 143, 

145, 147 
Articles  expendable — 

Classification  of 150 

Indicated  in  price  lists. 144 

Cleaning  and  repairing  supplies,  allowances  of 144 

Excess  of  allowance 146 

In  manufactures 143, 150 

' '  Materials  "  and  ' ' supplies, ' '  terms  defined 150 

Obsolete,  used  in  manufactures 151 

Report  on  Form  No.  19 Ill,  125  149 

Spare  parts  for  cannon,  etc.,  submitted  to  inspector 144 

Statements  of,  various,  illustrated 52-60  150 

False  return,  penalty 23 

Fixtures,  not  on  drawings,  how  described 181 

Forms,  blank.     (See  Blank  forms.) 

Governors  of  States  and  Territories.     (See  Militia.) 

Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  loans  and  donations  to 16, 44,  96 

Hangers,  how  accounted  for 183 

Heating  plant,  how  accounted  for 183 

High  schools.     (See  District  of  Columbia.) 

Homes  for  disabled  volunteer  soldiers: 

Issues,  property  for  ornamental  purposes 17 

Responsibility  and  accountability 44 

Horse  equipments.     (See  Officers;  also  District  of  Columbia,  police.) 

Insignia,  issue  of 120 

Inspection  reports: 

Action  in  case  of  sales 163, 165 

Disposition  of  stores 163, 165 

To  accompany  requisition 84 


136 

Inspections  of:  Page.     Paragraph. 

Armament  and  equipment,  by  whom 86 

Property,  excess  or  surplus  reported 61 

Seacoast  armament  and  mobile  artillery 70 

Unserviceable  stores 164, 165 

Institutions.     (See  Educational  institutions.) 

Instruments,  optical,  injuries  thereto 58 

Inventories,  property 98-103 

Ammun  ition — 

Artillery 209,  210 

Small  arms 208,210 

Arsenals,  how  taken 202,  211 

Surpluses  and  shortages,  accounting  for 201 

When  organization  is  detached 62 

When  required 208-210 

Inventory  and  inspection  reports,  preparation  of 112, 125  163 

Invoice  and  receipt  for  transfer  of  property.     (See  Property.) 

Laws  relating  to  ordnance  property 7-13 

Lighting  plant,  how  accounted  for 183 

Loss,  damage,  or  destruction  of  property 61-72 

Abandoned  for  want  of  transportation 159 

Abandoned  or  destroyed  during  campaign 158, 161 

Arsenals,  accountability  and  responsibility 111-124        59, 168 

By  civil  employee 59, 168 

By  enlisted  men,  disposed  of  improperly,  how  charged 161 

Certified  to  proper  accounting  officer 

Charges  on  muster  and  pay  rolls 

Common  carrier,  responsibility 156, 157 

Damaged  en  route 156 

Deficiency  in  invoice,  reported 156 

Deficiency  or  damage,  on  final  settlements  of  officers,  how  charged 21 

Deficiency  or  loss — 

By  unavoidable  accident,  etc.,  affidavit 

In  transfers  to  and  from  militia 174 

Desertion,  action 162 

Educational  institutions 176 

Enlisted  men,  transferred  or  detailed 162 

Executive  Departments 175 

How  charged  when  report  of  survey  is  not  accepted 

In  case  of  deserter,  sub  voucher 

Invoiced,  not  received 

Lost  in  engagement 160 

Militia.     (See  Militia.) 

Missing  articles,  reported  on  Form  No.  86 112, 125 

Omission  of  report  of  survey,  when  authorized 153 

Ordered  broken  up  or  destroyed,  how  accounted  for 106, 163, 

165, 166 

Orphans'  homes 176 

Report  of  survey  to  accompany  return 

Reports  of  charges  (Form  No.  94)  required  until  collected 112, 125 

Responsibility  fixed 152, 153 

Rings,  buckles,  scrap,  etc.,  taken  up  on  return 163, 

165, 166 

Small  arms,  etc.,  loss  reported 

Storage  facilities,  due  to  lack  of 

Survey,  when  required 161, 169 

Surveying  officers — 

Reports  on  Form  No.  196,  A.  G.  0 112, 125      153, 169 

Responsibility  fixed  by 

Value  charged  on  muster  and  pay  rolls 

Value  of.... 155 

Machines,  how  accounted  for 181, 

183,  201 
Manufacture  of  property  at  arsenals,  reported  (Forms  Nos.  1243  and 

1244) ;....... 46,112  130 


137 

Marking  of:  Pase-    Paragraph. 

Boxes,  etc.,  "shell  and  flame" 116 

Canteens  and  haversacks — 

Marked,  retained  until  unserviceable 101 

Not  marked  until  actually  required 101 

Projectiles 57 

"Materials,"  term  denned 150 

Mechanics,  repairs: 

Field  artillery,  in  war 80 

Militia  batteries 88 

Mobile  artillery,  etc.,  in  war 49 

Record  of  time  kept 79,  88 

Medals,  badges,  and  insignia,  issue  of . 120 

Memorandum  invoice  and  receipt,  property,  when  authorized 126 

Militia:  , 

Alteration  of  seacoast  armament  and  mobile  artillery 70 

Ammunition,  allowances  prescribed  for 148 

Armament  districts,  mobile  artillery,  list  of 69 

Armories,  suitable,  required 

Arm  racks  and  lockers 67 

Arms  and  equipments  for,  same  as  army 8 

Artillery — 

Mobile 69,70,88 

Seacoast 70 

Blanks  and  regulations  prescribed  by  Secretary  of  War 5, 8 

(See  also  Blank  forms.) 

Condemned  stores,  sale  of,  how  made 135 

Failure  to  render  return 221 

Lost  or  destroyed  property — 

Accounted  for 7, 169, 171 

Lack  of  proper  storage  facilities 172 

Replacement  of 170 

Report  of  survey  (Form  No.  16,  D.  M.  A.) 110, 

169, 173 

Value  of  and  responsibility  for,  determined 7,  9, 171 

Muster  put 218 

Officers  and  men  personally  responsible  for  property 9 

Property — 

Issued,  remain  property  of  United  States 5,  6,  8 

Responsibility  and  accountability 38, 40 

Stored  in  armories,  unless  in  field 68 

Purchases  of  property — 

By 129 

For 5, 6 

Receipts  for  property  issued  to 5 

Repairs — 

Batteries,  how  made  and  charged 88, 110 

Cost,  to  Secretary  of  War 88 

Not  paid  for  by  United  States 

Reports  of  survey,  property  (Form  No.  16,  D.  M.  A.) 110, 

169, 173 

Requisitions  for  stores 87 

Returns,  blank  forms 124  6-8, 

191,  207 
(See  also  Returns,  property.) 

Safe-keeping,  property 67 

Sales,  condemned  property 135 

Surveying  officer 7, 172, 173 

Transfers.     (See  Transfers,  property.) 

Unserviceable  or  unsuitable  property,  disposition  of 110 

(See  also  District  of  Columbia,  Militia.) 
Mobile  artillery.     (See  Artillery,  mobile,  and  Militia.) 

Municipal  corporations,  loans  to 16, 44 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  charges  against  enlisted  men 161 

Muster  out: 

Army  officers 219 

Militia  officers 218 

Volunteers,  oaths 26 


138 

Page.     Paragraph. 

Nomenclature,  property  .........................................  72-74 

Change  due  to  manufacture  ........................................  185 

Description,  general,  when  permissible  ..............................  180 

Incomplete  articles  and  components,  how  described.  .  .  ..............       179,  180 

Indefinite  description,  forbidden  ...................................  180 

Machines,  fixtures,  tools,  etc.,  not  on  drawings,  how  described  ........  181 

Property.     (See  Property.) 

Returns  and  vouchers,  description  on.  .  .*  ....................... 

Nonindebtedness,  certificates  of  ........................................  26, 

218,  220 

Oaths,  muster  out  of  volunteers  .........................................  26 

Obsolete  property.     (See  Property,  obsolete.) 

Officers,  commissioned: 


Horse  equipments  — 
Furnish 


ed  by  United  States.  .  .  .  ................................ 

Responsibility  and  accountability  for  ........................... 

Return  (Form  No.  18-A)  .................................       124    2,33,191 

Inventory,  property  left  at  station  ................................ 

Responsibility  and  accountability  for  property  at  posts  .............. 

Separation  from  service  .........  .  ..................................       218-220 

(See  also  Armament  officers,  Commanding  officers,  Ordnance 

officers,  Surveying  officers,  etc.) 
Optical  instruments,  injuries  to  .........................................  58 

Ordnance  mechanic.     (See  Mechanics.) 
Ordnance  officers,  accountability  of: 

Artillery  district  .................................................    31,  74,  128, 

190,  200 
Record  showing  disposition  of  property  ......................... 

Requisitions  ..................................................  72 

Poet.....  .........................................................    30,31,128, 

190,  209 
Ordnance  sergeant: 

Duties  of.  ...  .....................................................  50 

Noncommissioned  officers  to  act  as  ..................................  50 

Responsibility  and  accountability  of  ...............................  ,          32,  50 

Orphans'  homes: 

Bonds*.  ............................................................          15,89 

Deficiency  or  loss  of  property  ....................................... 

Failure  to  render  return  ............................................ 

Issue  of  obsolete  property  to  .................................... 

Requisitions  ................  .  .  .......................... 

Responsibility  and  accountability  of  ................................ 

Returns  ----  .  .................  .  ............  ....................... 

Target  practice  .................................................... 

Transfers  of  property  to  .......................... 

Pamphlets  descriptive  of  ordnance  materials  ............................ 

Police.     (See  District  of  Columbia.) 

Power  plant  ........................................................... 

Projectiles: 

Marking  and  storing  of  ............................................ 

Target  practice,  inspection  of  .......................................  57 

Property: 

Accountability  and  responsibility,  Executive  Departments  ........... 

Accounting  for  — 

Belting  ............................................... 

Buildmgs  ....................................................       183,201 

Countershafting  ............................................... 

Hangers  ....................................................... 

Heating  plant  ............ 

Lighting  plant  .......... 

MaChin68  ...........  183,201 

Power  plant  .................................................. 

Pulleys.  ............................................. 

Shafting  ....................................................... 

Telephone  system  .............................................  jg1 

Broken  up  or  destroyed,  when  ..................................... 

165,  loo 


139 

Page.     Paragraph. 
Property — Continued . 

Commanding  officers  of  posts  liable  for  care,  preservation,  transfer,  and 

use  of 34 

Condemned — 

Homes  for  disabled  volunteers,  issue  to,  for  ornamental  purposes.  17 

Loan  or  gift  of 1C,  44 

Sales  of 134, 135 

Transfers — 

In  war,  turned  in 108 

Packing  of..... 109 

Philippines  Division 105 

United  States 104 

Trimmings  of  brass,  removed  and  turned  in 106 

Excess  or  surplus 61, 140 

Invoice  and  receipt  for  transfer — 

For  general  use  (Form  No.- 146) 41,112,125  113 

For  individual  soldier  (Form  No.  152) 66, 112, 125  119, 162 

Memorandum,  when  authorized 126 

Official  title  used 118 

Serial  numbers,  when  entered 125, 184 

Kept  on  hand,  field  service  limited 60 

Loss,  damage,  or  destruction  of.     (See  Loss,  damage,  or  destruction  of 

property.) 
Obsolete,,  issues  to — 

Educational  institutions 15 

Homes  for  disabled  volunteers 17, 44 

Orphans'  homes 15 

Obsolete,  post  ordnance  officers 30 

Reports  on,  from  whom  required 107-108  225,  226 

Responsibility  for,  under  commanding  officers  of  arsenals 28,  59 

Serial  numbers  entered  on  vouchers 184 

Taken  from  enemy 24 

Taken  up  on  return — 

Damaged  en  route  or  deficient  in  quantity  invoiced 156 

Scrap,  trimmings  of  brass,  etc 106,163, 

165, 166 

When  vouchers  are  lost 198 

Transfers.     (See  Transfers,  property.) 

Unserviceable,  disposition  of 156, 

164, 165 

Used  for  experimental  purposes  at  arsenals 202 

Protection  of  public  money  and  property.     (See  Employees,  civil.) 

Pulleys,  how  accounted  for 183 

Purchases,  property 45-46 

Arsenals,  reported  (Forms  Nos.  219  and  220) 112  127 

Artillery  district  or  post  ordnance  officer 112  128 

From  Executive  Departments 131 

Inspection  and  receipt 131 

Militia— 

By 129 

For 5,6 

Parts,  etc.,  of  articles  accounted  for  separately 131 

Under  contract,  reported  (Form  No.  1066) 112  131 

Receipt  and  invoice.     (See  Property,  invoice  and  receipt.) 
Register  of  vouchers.     (See  Blank  forms). 

Regulations  for  Ordnance  Department 18 

Repairs: 

Army 79 

Desired  by  department  commander Ill 

Field  artillery,  in  war 80 

Mechanics.     (See  Mechanics.) 

Militia 88,110 

Militia  battery,  cost  to  Secretary  of  War 88 

Mobile  artillery,  in  war 49 

When  not  made  at  post 79 

Repairs  or  damages,  due  to  abuse  or  negligence 20 

Report  of  officers,  men,  and  property  to  Secretary  of  War 18 

Report  of  survey.     (See  Survey,  property,  report  of.) 


140 

Page.  Paragraph. 

Reports  of  surveying  officers,  militia  (Form  No.  16,  D.  M.  A.) 110, 

169, 173 
Reports,  property.     (See  Property.) 

Requisitions  for  blank  forms  and  stationery,  arsenals  (Form  No.  389) 90,  91 

Requisitions  for  property 26-36 

Allowances,  annual  and  semiannual 73 

Approved  by  governors 12 

By  one  arsenal  on  another 82 

By  telegraph 83,  84 

By  whom  approved 12,  73,  77 

By  whom  made  and  forwarded 72-77 

Chief  ordnance  officers — 

Approval  by,  in  war  or  emergency 84 

Approve  only  for  quantities  authorized 77 

Issue  stores  on  hand  first 77 

Where  sent  when  approved 77 

Commanders,  scrutiny  by,  before  action 86 

Commanding  officers  arsenals,  fill  only  to  extent  authorized 78 

Department  headquarters,  one  copy  retained 

Educational  institutions 89 

Emergency 

For  articles  not  procurable  at  one  arsenal  forwarded 78 

In  duplicate 73 

In  excess  of  prescribed  allowances 76,  78 

In  form  of  invoice  and  receipt 81 

In  war 81, 82 

Inspection  report,    or  report  of   surveying  officer,  when  to  accom- 
pany   84 

Militia  (Form  No.  390) 87 

Nomenclature  conformed  to 92 

Orally  submitted,  when 81 

Orphans'  homes 

Parts  of  instruments 73 

Powder  and  other  ammunition,  made  in  advance  of  need 92 

Quantities — 

Asked  for 84 

On  hand  shown 85 

Seacoast  armament  (Form  No.  388) 74,  83 

Serial  number  entered  on 73 

Troops  (Form  No.  386) 

Returns,  property: 

Arsenals 111-124  187-189, 

Description  and  preparation  of — 

First  division 178,187, 

188, 199 

Second  division 178,187, 

189,  201 

Transfer  from  one  form  of  return  to  another 204 

Values  of  property 

Artillery  district  ordnance  officers 111-124  188-190, 

200 

.Certificate 91-92  201,209 

Educational  institutions 42,  43 

Failure  to  render 221,222 

False,  penalty 

Forms.     (See  Blank  forms.) 

From  whom  and  when  required 18, 19,  207 

Horse  equipments,  officers' 124  2, 33, 191 

Incomplete  articles,  how  accounted  for 179, 

180,  203 

Made  semiannually 19, 207 

Militia 124  6-8, 

191,207 

Miscellaneous , 124-129  207 

Object  of 186 

Ordnance  officers,  post  or  regimental 124-129  35, 36,  207 

Orphans'  homes,  by  whom  rendered 43 


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Page.  Paragraph. 
Returns,  property — Continued. 

Philippines  Division 207 

Preparation,  description  of  property  on 80-82  178 

Property.     (See  Property.) 

Record  cards 201 

Register  of  vouchers.     (See  Blank  forms.) 

Rendition,  forms,  and  time 18 

Semiannual 188, 189 

Statements  of  expenditures  to  accompany,  various  forms 52-60  150 

Time  of  forwarding 207 

Transfers  on — 

Accountability 205 

In  classes,  articles  at  arsenals,  etc 185 

Surpluses  or  deficiencies 205 

Troops,  various 124-129  207 

Vouchers.     (See  Vouchers.) 

When  due 18, 19,  207 

Returns,  property,  settlement  of 103-107 

By  agent 223 

Certificates  of  nonindebtedness 26, 

218,  220 

Communications  in  regard  to 213, 

214,  216 

Corrections  or  explanations  by  custodian 213,  216 

Delay  in  rendition 216 

Errors  or  irregularities 213, 

216,  222 

Examination,  scope  of 212 

Failure  to  correct  errors  or  irregularities 215,  222 

Failure  to  render  return,  action — 

Educational  institutions 222 

Militia 221 

Orphans'  homes 222 

Heirs,  final  payment  to 220 

Memorandum  receipts 220 

Separation  from  service — 

Death 220 

Final  payment 218-220 

Muster  out — 

Army  officers 219 

Militia  officers 218 

Resignation 219,  220 

Settlement,  reopened,  when 

Stoppage  of  pay,  failure  to  render  return 215 

Vouchers.     (See  Vouchers.) 
Rings,  buckles,  scrap,  etc.: 

Taken  up  on  return,  when 106, 163, 

165, 166 

Where  shipped 106 

Safe-keeping,  property : 

Arm  racks  and  lockers 52,  67 

Bonds.     (See  Bonds.) 

Infield 54 

In  garrison 55 

Militia 67 

Precautions 51,  52,  55 

Small  arms,  in  field 54 

Sales,  property 47-48 

Accounted  for 132, 136 

Certificate  from  purchaser  (Form  No.  147) 133 

Condemned — 

Arsenals  and  ordnance  depots 134 

Militia 135 

Post,  regimental,  or  other  officers 134 

Expenses  in  connection  with 135, 136 

Proceeds  of 132,136 

Prohibited,  individual  members  of  militia 137 


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Schools.     (See  Educational  institutions.)  Page.    Paragraph. 

Scrap,  utilization  of 165,  1^6 

Seacoast  artillery.     (See  Artillery,  seacoast.) 

Sealing,  chests  or  boxes 115 

Serial  numbers,  when  entered  on  vouchers 184 

Shafting,  how  accounted  for 183 

"Shell  and  flame,"  stenciled  on  boxes 116 

Shipping  list,  when  required 114 

Small  arms: 

Loss  of,  reported 167 

Responsibility  of  enlisted  men  for 9,  53 

Safe-keeping  of 54 

Soldiers  killed,  property 66 

Soldiers'  monument  associations,  loans  to 16,  44,  96 

Stenciling  "shell  and  flame "  on  boxes 116 

"Stores,  ordnance,  and  ordnance,"  definition 177 

Storing  and  marking  of  projectiles 57 

Suit  for  delinquency  in  accountability 224 

Supplies 21 

Cleaning  and  repairing,  allowances  of 144 

Term  defined 150 

(See  also  Property.) 
Surveying  officer: 

Deficiency  in  stores  invoiced 156 

Militia 7 

Militia,  District  of  Columbia,  lack  of  storage  facilities 172 

Property — 

Invoiced,  not  received  within  reasonable  time 156 

Replaced 170 

Reports  of — 

Form  No.  196,  A.  G.  0 125  153 

Militia 173 

When  accompany  requisition 84 

Responsibility  fixed  by,  for  loss  or  deficiency  of  property 153, 174 

Survey,  property,  report  of : 

Abandoned  or  destroyed 158 

Certificate  showing  destruction 166 

In  case  of  deserter 162 

Militia 110, 

•    169, 173 

Not  accepted,  value  of  property  charged 154 

Requirements  of 167 

Stores  not  received  within  reasonable  time 156 

When  common  carrier  or  person  not  in  military  service  is  held  respon- 
sible   .• 157 

When  required -. 153, 154 

Target  practice.     (See  Ammunition.) 

Telephone  system 

Tools  not  on  drawings,  how  described 181 

Transfers,  property 36-45 

At  posts 

Between  arsenals  or  ordnance  depots 95 

Boxes  or  chests — 

Contents  indicated  on -. . . .  116 

Sealed 115 

Cartridge  cases,  fired,  for  cannon  and  small  arms,  bandoleers,  and  clips.  112 
Condemned — 

In  Philippines  Division 105 

In  United  States 

In  war 

Packing,  care  to  prevent  injury  in  transportation 109 

Rings,  buckles,  etc.,  of  brass,  cut  off  and  turned  in 106,163, 

165, 166 

Shipment  of 104 

Shipment  of,  under  100  pounds 

District  of  Columbia 

Educational  institutions 96 


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Transfers,  property — Continued.  Page.     Paragraph. 

Exchange — 

Army 102 

Militia 110 

Executive  Departments 121, 125 

For  repairs,  where  shipped Ill 

From  arsenals 96 

From  one  arsenal  to  another 82 

Grand  Army  of  the  Republic 96 

In  peace,  troops  in  garrison  or  in  field 93 

Invoice  and  receipt.     (See  Property.) 

Involving  settlement  by  Treasury  Department 125 

In  war  or  emergency 82,  94 

Marking  boxes,  etc.     (See  Marking.) 

Memorandum  invoice  and  receipt,  when  authorized 126 

Militia— 

By  whom  authorized 96, 103 

From  arsenals 96, 125 

Mustered  out  of  service 123 

Unserviceable  or  unsuitable 110 

Orphans'  homes 96 

Personal  equipments  of  enlisted  men  (Form  No.  152) 119 

Receipting  for 117, 

118, 156 

Repairs,  mobile  or  seacoast  artillery Ill 

Seacoast  armament 99 

Serial  numbers  entered  on  vouchers 184 

Serviceable  to  unserviceable  class 185 

Shipping  list,  when  required 114 

Soldiers'  monument  associations 96 

Staff  department  of  army I 125 

States  and  Territories 125 

Surplus 97, 98, 100 

To  contractor 122 

Vouchers.     (See  Vouchers.) 

Without  the  United  States,  cost  prices  stated  on  invoices 124 

Universities.     (See  Educational  institutions.) 

Unserviceable  property,  special  inspector  to  act  on 164, 165 

Volunteers,  muster  out  of,  oaths 26 

Vouchers,  property: 

Articles  entered  according  to  nomenclature  and  class. 197 

Binders  for 111,125  194 

Containers,  when  entered  on 182 

Description  of  articles  on 197 

Fastened  securely  together 194 

How  designated , 192 

How  executed 196 

Lost,  how  replaced 198 

Numbered  and  entered  on  return 193, 199 

Page  numbers  of  return  entered  on 195 

Preparation  of 178, 199 

Receipt  and  issue,  description  of 192-193 

Register  of.     (See  blank  forms.) 

Serial  numbers,  when  entered  on 184 

Surpluses  or  deficiencies  of  property 205 

Transfer  of  cannon,  etc.,  serial  numbers  entered 184 

Unsatisfactory,  returned 213 

What  embrace 195 

Wounded  or  sick  soldiers: 

Ammunition  on 63 

Arms  and  equipments  of 63 

At  hospital 65 

When  returned  to  organization 64 

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